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In reply to the discussion: It time to put an end to the GOP talking point repeated here on DU again and again. [View all]TheKentuckian
(25,023 posts)There is no law restricting murder, you may find yourself in the electric chair but nothing prevented you from killing whoever you please is a bunch of idiotic stretching. Or claiming there is no such thing as conscription because you can always run and hide or be shot on the spot of go to prison.
No one claims that Congress can write the laws of physics, no law prevents or directs ANYTHING according to this sham logic. In laws not written by gods but by men, prevention or coercion of action is rarely plausible so actions or inaction (in this case) come with penalties.
You follow this jacked up nonsense to its conclusion and Congress could require us all to report to Catholic Church twice a week for worship and not run afoul of the Freedom of Religion clause because the law cannot force us to go to church and simply subjects to punishment ______.
Or that it is okay for Congress to pass a law that punishes speaking ill of Congress with death because free speech was not abridged, the person wasn't stopped from complaining about Congress, only executed as a penalty.
There is no there there, just a simple minded self justification for most any possible law or command from the government by shifting the debate to Congress no being able to change the nature of the universe so there are no laws.
Yes, we grasp Congress did not enact gravity and its effects.