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The amount of ridiculous laws that still exist on the books in this day and age is mind-boggling. While sometimes we wonder why people don't just roll up their sleeves and get to removing these ...
Strange laws, also called weird laws, dumb laws, futile laws, unusual laws, unnecessary laws, legal oddities, or legal curiosities, are laws that are perceived to be useless, humorous or obsolete, or are no longer applicable (in regard to current culture or modern law). A number of books and websites purport to list dumb laws.
From Alabama to Wyoming, some of the most ridiculous laws in the US can cost you a lot of money.
Uncommon Laws. The United States tax code is anything but simple. The instructions for the standard 1040 tax form alone are more than 100 pages long, and good luck getting through them in one sitting.
An important aspect of absurdism is that the absurd is not limited to particular situations but encompasses life as a whole. [2] [1] [13] There is a general agreement that people are often confronted with absurd situations in everyday life. [7] They often arise when there is a serious mismatch between one's intentions and reality. [2]
In the United States, some view the requirement that jurors take an oath to be unlawful in itself, while still others view the oath's reference to "deliverance" to require nullification of unjust law: "will well and truly try and a true deliverance make between the United States and the defendant at the bar, and a true verdict render according ...
It may be 2021, but some of the antiquated and downright bizarre laws that remain in place around the world (or that have recently been enacted) would make you think otherwise. From bans on what ...
United States, 143 U.S. 457 (1892). Even the most vocal supporters of textualism and the plain meaning rule have been willing to commute "strict" plain meaning to "soft" plain meaning to a certain extent, in some circumstances; see, e.g. United States v. X-Citement Video, 513 U.S. 64 (1994) (Scalia, J., dissenting):