Unfortunately, that's not necessarily true. It is against federal law in the US to violate the laws of any country in certain ways. The Lacey Act, for example, sent a US resident to prison for violating a Honduran law (that it had been repealed before he 'broke' it was deemed irrelevant by the court), despite the fact he had never been to Honduras.
The problem there though, is that if a legislature does not write anything down, and a third party writes 100% of the law book, your viewpoint would result in the laws being both something subject to copyright and possible to lock entirely behind a paywall.
That would result in a situation where someone too poor to buy a copy of the laws would be legally barred from knowing what the laws say -- the laws would literally be trade secrets.
What's legalized about it? The only 'legalization' involved is their refusal to arrest themselves. By the same logic, almost any criminal is innocent on all charges because he didn't prosecute himself.
It smacks of old laws that required a criminal to contact the chief of police and notify the chief of their intent to commit crimes before crossing the city limits.
It sounds good in theory, but it fails in the face of cops who will happily shoot people for asking to see a warrant before they allow the cops inside their house.
Given the crazy theories behind why social media is supporting terrorism by 'allowing' terrorists onto their sites, if the logic is valid then we're all in trouble.
We pay taxes (or else) that pay for roads. Terrorists (among many, many others) use roads to travel. Therefore, we are all guilty of materially supporting terrorism!
Exactly. A half dozen cops will 'catch' him doing something like 'breaking into' his own home (using his own keys) and 'have no choice' but to open fire when he 'prepared to lunge' at them (actually just took a breath to speak).
According to the EU, they have global authority to enforce their laws, regardless of the laws or sovereignty of other nations.
Historically, any attempt to actually do so is a casus belli that usually leads to war. But the EU insists that in this particular case it's not. Somehow. Because reasons.
The same logic used against Korematsu could have seen the internment of anyone of German or Italian descent too. Isn't it funny though, how the people pushing for internment of 'enemies' didn't want to have to intern themselves?
You could also use a longer password, and if you're feeling cute, make it a confession to what you are trying to hide. A password of "BlueFlower013" is not testimonial. But securing evidence of an armed robbery behind "I committed robbery on that day at that time against that person" is a confession to that crime.
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I'm reminded of an old lawyer joke...
Defendant: *answers defense question*
Prosecutor: Objection, Your Honor!
Judge: On what grounds?
Prosecutor: Because it makes him look innocent!
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That would result in a situation where someone too poor to buy a copy of the laws would be legally barred from knowing what the laws say -- the laws would literally be trade secrets.
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Only Google.ca exists in Canada, and at least in the case of Google.us, there's the first amendment.
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Nobody ever obeyed those laws except as a prank.
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We pay taxes (or else) that pay for roads. Terrorists (among many, many others) use roads to travel. Therefore, we are all guilty of materially supporting terrorism!
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Every avalanche starts with a single pebble sliding.
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Historically, any attempt to actually do so is a casus belli that usually leads to war. But the EU insists that in this particular case it's not. Somehow. Because reasons.
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Any confession is testimonial.
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