The rule of law is exactly as intelligent as the mutability of said law.
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I agree mandatory minimum sentences can be extremely stupid, but perfect mutability is equally stupid.
I'd say "mutability x fairness".
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Abstract values, perhaps. Actual laws, no. Constitutional originalism = cargo culting.Fairness is a value, not a law.
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I agree originalists are profoundly wrong, but less-extreme constitutionalism gives laws a predictability that citizens seem to like.
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Of course. But people also like religion, free cookies etc. Doesn't translate to effectiveness. Likability necessary, not suff

