tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post2537389555062999124..comments2024-03-27T08:40:31.785-06:00Comments on Clayton Cramer.: Really Depressing DocumentaryClayton Cramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-33335926792338332032010-11-01T01:33:57.451-06:002010-11-01T01:33:57.451-06:00Actually, the "let them enforce it" edic...Actually, the "let them enforce it" edict is a good reminder about the tri-cameral nature of criminal law: a criminal conviction requires the consent of all three branches, legislative, executive, and judicial.<br /><br />The legislative branch must pass a law specifying a criminal act (e.g. the speed limit).<br /><br />The executive branch must consent to enforce that law (the highway patrol, the sheriff, or the city police write a speeding ticket).<br /><br />And then the judicial branch must confirm that the accused broke the law for no good reason (the cop wrote a ticket, and the judge confirmed that the defendant's mother-in-law in the car, wasn't on the way to the hospital for chest pains, no matter what the defendant claimed).<br /><br />When it works, it works well, indeed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com