Arbitrary and Void for Vagueness

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We as Americans have become much too accepting of the practice in D.C. of writing laws that are so long and complicated that no citizen could possibly be fully informed of their scope and effect. Surely a prime example of this would be “Obamacare,” however, this practice is older than that. For instance, the Patriot Act was 1500 pages (written before 9/11/2001 by the way) and was passed with no debate. In the last 10 years, 10 laws were >225,000 words in length. I know I for one simply do not have the time to keep up with that level of law making. James Madison famously wrote (in Federalist 62):

“It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.”

Laws that are this lengthy are by their very nature “arbitrary” and of a tyrannical nature. Consider Senator Conyers’ comments regarding Obamacare. WATCH IT:

If you don’t want to watch the film, this was his comment:

“Why would I read the bill if it’s 1000 pages, and you don’t have 2 days and 2 lawyers to find out what it means after you read the bill?” (His grammer not mine).

Wow, this makes me wonder! Does he think we citizens have ”2 days, and 2 lawyers to find out what it means after” we “read the bill?”

Is our time less important?

We are held to account for what is in these bills, we have to abide by them, if our legislators are not to find out what is in them, what are we paying them for? More importantly… why is Congress passing laws that they themselves are unable to understand…. and expecting the average citizen to spend those days (which THEY don’t have time for) reading the bill, AND then figuring out how to comply!?

Freedictionary.com defines the “void for vagueness” doctrine as:

A doctrine derived from the due process clauses of the fifth and fourteenth amendments to the U.S. Constitution that requires criminal laws to be drafted in language that is clear enough for the average person to comprehend.”

No doubt, “void for vagueness” describes the majority of legislation over the last 20 years…  We need to demand a higher level of clarity for our laws.  I believe if the average citizen understood the laws that are passed in D.C., we would have a rebellion by morning. By making them vague, D.C. avoids having to explain the absurd things they do.

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williamschooler
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Freedictionary.com defines the “void for vagueness” doctrine as:
“A doctrine derived from the due process clauses of the fifth and fourteenth amendments to the U.S. Constitution that requires criminal laws to be drafted in language that is clear enough for the average person to comprehend.”
Now this is funny because through all the rule, Kingdoms and Governments the one thing that has been done is to pervert the language so that the common citizen could not comprehend it. Criminal law writing is worse yet for the simple leman. Simply put the practice is this; to complicate, obscure and over whelm a society and you may have all the rule you wish for by acceptance or the law of Rule.

Acceptance the habit formed when the idea of investigation appears to be difficult. This only amplified by the thought there is anything easy on this earth when in fact all achievements big or small take effort in a direction from a starting point to an end point in all motion. But don't tell anyone we don't want them thinking there is no easy way that there is only the effort way to achievement. Of course the acceptance some other will do it for you for FREE, LOL is the joke isn’t it?

Today society is focused on what is popular and easy to accept without the effort and this is why Democracies grow. Because popular does not take effort to start and most do not recognize the effort it creates. To give effort for others who give no effort is simply sad on all levels of life. It lacks the experiences, it lacks the education that comes with each experience, it lacks the recognition of these lessons but hey who cares someone will fix it for me, right?

That is as wrong as it can get and when you have total acceptance do you find yourself in the middle of an Oligarch where only a few rule the roost declaring help why defying your basic essentials and watching you disintegrate.

Life in support of life is energy, life learning of life is energy, the more you acquire the more energy you receive. Now that is interesting, which book is that in? The book of your experiences of learning yourself and basic principals to sustain a great existence totally unknown to man at this time because no civilization today on planet earth has lasted. Every one has perished from their own demise as well their acceptance of some others idea which is in no way shape or form investigated by the results for which their own acts produce. This lack of evaluation is the acceptance of total ignorance by an ignorant passing on more ignorance of themselves. It becomes a contraction versus a expansion.

Look at every result you can see around you whether by you or another and what do you see? The truth some idea was acted on and that my friends is the truth, now had you done your home work about you and these things that reside in your own vicinity you would have seen this, but you did not and thus your own ignorance is now displayed before you and your acceptance now visual.

Certainty is an achievement, it is done through acts and monitoring. look at you and the things you are certain of and what do you see? You should see experiences you created or caused and the results you are certain of because you experienced this idea first hand, acceptance is the act of no experience with the act of assuming what is said is true without the act of attempting or testing the idea yourself. This can also be recognize as your own ignorance of you and what you are capable of and where all cause comes from.

All good decision making is informed decisions, all popular decision making is not informed or it would not be so popular now would it because when people are informed it becomes determined not popular because certainty now exists and the persistence of the knowledge and the cause through the act of deciding creates the result that can now be viewed and determined from. The truth becomes reveled by determinism.
Don’t you wish you had this much energy? It is worth every bit of effort.