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Re:Ancient law requires a bale of straw to hang from Charing... by maratc on Thursday May 22, 2025 @08:21AM (#44061351)
Usually the judges do not "ignore or modify" the law, but rather "interpret" it in a creative manner. You might use, as an example, the question of "does the US Constitution guarantee the women a right to abortion." Some judges decided that it does, later some other judges decided that it does not. Considering the opposing outcomes to the same question, it's clear some of these were wrong.
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Re:Ancient law requires a bale of straw to hang from Charing... by userbinator on Friday May 23, 2025 @01:10AM (#44070028)
In the US, it's usually enforcement that's ignored.
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Re:Ancient law requires a bale of straw to hang from Charing... by AngryData on Friday May 23, 2025 @08:26AM (#44072213)
That is why everything is illegal 3x over. If they don't like you, you get farked. If they like you, they just ignore it.
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Re:Ancient law requires a bale of straw to hang from Charing... by ljm on Friday May 23, 2025 @07:15AM (#44071773)
Letter of the law vs. spirit of the law.

One could argue that 'a corporation has personhood' is a technical contrivance that tries to manipulate the letter of the law into achieving a particular outcome. Going with the spirit of the law instead, that argument would never hold water.

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