For example, in many States, adultery is a crime on the books, a felony in some States. But do we hear anyone get prosecuted for these crimes? I don't hear anything. Because prosecutors don't even want to try. When the law-books are in conflict with our liberal sensibilities, we choose liberalism over the written law.
For example, in many States, adultery is a crime on the books, a felony in some States. But do we hear anyone get prosecuted for these crimes? I don't hear anything. Because prosecutors don't even want to try. When the law-books are in conflict with our liberal sensibilities, we choose liberalism over the written law.
I am not sure if these laws have been repealed yet, but in the UK it at least was illegal for a Jew or a Catholic to give advice to the Monarch. Would anyone in the 20th century have even tried to enforce this law? Or would they just dismiss it as bigotry from a bygone age, despite technically having legal force?
What do people want to prosecute?
For example, in many States, adultery is a crime on the books, a felony in some States. But do we hear anyone get prosecuted for these crimes? I don't hear anything. Because prosecutors don't even want to try. When the law-books are in conflict with our liberal sensibilities, we choose liberalism over the written law.
I am not sure if these laws have been repealed yet, but in the UK it at least was illegal for a Jew or a Catholic to give advice to the Monarch. Would anyone in the 20th century have even tried to enforce this law? Or would they just dismiss it as bigotry from a bygone age, despite technically having legal force?