[WikiEN-l] Major Correction

Jake Nelson jnelson at soncom.com
Thu Oct 30 18:14:11 UTC 2003


Matthew J. Brown wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Oct 2003, The Cunctator wrote:
>
> > There can't be a law on 'partial-birth abortion' because it doesn't
> > really exist except as a political construct.
>
> That something doesn't exist doesn't mean there can't be a law about it
> ...

More accurately, I'd say that political constructs are the only things that
have laws on them. The courts are what determine whether an act meets the
defiition of that political construct.
But maybe I'm quibbling.

-- Jake




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