Is a law that has never been enforced not still a law?

[nikibatts]

[BeckyDem]

1. The Logan Act?

[COLGATE4]

2. Yep. There are tons of old laws on the books that aren't

now enforced (and possibly never were) that can still, legally speaking be dusted off and used.

[PoliticAverse]

3. Perhaps it has never been enforced because those who enforce such things...

believe the law would be found unconstitutional and don't press the issue so that the law
can just be used to intimidate people.

[no_hypocrisy]

4. Reminiscent of the adage that it's only illegal if you get caught.

[NutmegYankee]

5. Depends, sometimes a law on the books is legally unenforcable.

Until it was struck down by the Virginia Supreme Court in 2005, Virginia could legally charge two consenting unmarried adults with misdemeanor fornication and fine them. That law was still on the books a decade later.