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What makes laws wrong?

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Anonymous

15y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

In theory, the purpose of any government is to make society better for everyone who is governed by that government, hence, laws must be beneficial for the general public. If a law is designed instead to benefit some segment of the public (i.e., a special interest group) at the expense of the general public, then the law is wrong.

Note that the US Supreme Court does not judge laws on the basis that I described above; it judges them solely on the basis of their consistency with the US Constitution. The constitution can be wrong in some respects, but it remains the supreme law of the land. If it is wrong, it can be amended.

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15y ago

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