Ignorance Of The Law Is No Excuse….Except For Cops?
It is a very old axiom of our legal system of justice that “ignorance of the laws is no excuse.” Anyone who violates a law may not escape responsibility merely because they are unaware of its existence or misunderstands it. That means, for example, that if you or I possess an illegal drug, not knowing […]
HAS MADD GONE MAD?
Drunk driving is wrong. Drunk driving is irresponsible. But, in our society’s zeal to “get them” – them being drunk drivers, have extremist groups like MADD gone so far as to become so severely unreasonable (or even truly psychologically “mad”) that they themselves are harmful to our constitutionally-mandated way of life? With new gimmicky and […]