Comment on Arizona Introduces a bill to make Bitcoin Legal Tender [pdf]parentComments−346794yIt encourages its members to disobey orders which they believe would violate the U.S. Constitution.Couldn't that also be stated as "It encourages its members to obey the law"?−ceejayoz4yThe law as they (weirdly) interpret it.It's a https://www.theonion.com/area-man-passionate-defender-of-wha... scenario.I can rightly claim that the First Amendment seems to mean I can found a religion that features human sacrifices at church every Sunday, but I'll be fairly rapidly shut down if I try it.−nightski4yAll law is based on interpretation. Ultimately it's the courts interpretation that matters.−rsynnott4yThe word 'believe' is doing a _lot_ of heavy lifting there, however.
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Couldn't that also be stated as "It encourages its members to obey the law"?
The law as they (weirdly) interpret it.
It's a https://www.theonion.com/area-man-passionate-defender-of-wha... scenario.
I can rightly claim that the First Amendment seems to mean I can found a religion that features human sacrifices at church every Sunday, but I'll be fairly rapidly shut down if I try it.
All law is based on interpretation. Ultimately it's the courts interpretation that matters.
The word 'believe' is doing a _lot_ of heavy lifting there, however.