And lo on Sun, 15 Jun 2008 18:52:00 +0100, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom>  
did spake, saying:

> On the other hand, I read about people going to jail for having  
> prescription medicine for which the doctor gave them a prescription,  
> except they weren't allowed to tell the jury he had a prescription.  Me,  
> I would have stood up in the middle of the trial and just said "My  
> doctor prescribed these pills. That's why I have them." And let the  
> judge try to lock me up for talking out of turn. :-)  [I think I heard  
> they won on appeal, with the higher judge calling it ridiculous, but you  
> still wind up spending time.]

http://www.sptimes.com/2007/07/19/Hillsborough/Man_with_prescription.shtml  
perhaps?

> So, yeah, there has to be some reasonableness going on. If the President  
> isn't going to obey the laws Congress passes, your country is pretty  
> f'ed to start with. Same with the courts.

At least you have restraints in theory our government can do whatever the  
hell they like legally (though it takes some persistance and doing)

-- 
Phil Cook

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