Re: Interstate commerce - Ignorance of the Law

["Robert A. Jones" <raj6582@acs.tamu.edu>]

Joyce Davis wrote:
> 
> "Interstate Commerce " is a legal term of art.  It has been construed
> by courts in different contexts.  For guidance in a specific context
> check with your lawyer.  (Most legal questions have  no simple
> answer, and the answer may not seem very logical either.)
> J.P. Davis
> joyced@dnfsb.gov


I know that this might not help anyone, but the phrase "ignorance of the 
law is no excuse" can only be applicable when the laws are simple and 
made manifest.  I am getting a little fed up with the fact that, in a 
room of legal "experts," one cannot get concensus on what simple terms 
mean.  Going back to Hammurabi, he knew that you cannot expect compliance 
from the citizenry if laws were not simple and made manifest.  On the 
other end, look at the U.S. tax code (no more proof in pudding 
needed), and what is the compliance rate?  If we start demanding that 
laws are simple and made manifest from our politicians, we would not be 
debating what simple legal terms mean.  Fortunately in the U.S., we are 
not only citizens, but voters.

Robert A. Jones
RAJ6582@ACS.TAMU.edu