Personally I'm for the spirit of the law, but large society depends objectivity. If there are a number of cases where law enforcement or other feel that punishing a person as stated in the law is unjust, the law should really be changed.
where "To be so inconsistent and to allow such perversion and to allow whistleblowers to be ruined instead of praised." follows from my comment. At least I'm not trying to imply that whistleblowers shouldn't be praised.
flexible, and used as a tool for the betterment of society. An example of change for the good would be to trash some of the archaic drug laws; change for the worse would be the trashing of the habeas corpus laws in the '90s. Rigidity is not a strength .... in fact, that which is rigid often shatters under pressure.
6. if over time a law becomes outdated, the legislature should take action on
the law and update it.
However, i think we need an amendment to create an independent "Minority Rights Council" to protect the rights of minorities, homosexuals, and women. Similar powers as those the courts have been taking up.
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