The Cleanest Line
The subtitle of the article above laments the festering state of American jurisprudence stemming from lack of an objective standard of law.
Needed: A ‘clean line’ to determine lawfulness
That ‘clean line’ to determine lawfulness is individual rights. Objective law is based on a standard to punish and preclude forceful encroachment of individual rights (life, liberty, and property). If that standard is abandoned, there is no logical limit to what can be criminalized - the result is mob rule.
A mob fueled by pragmatism can rationalize prosecution for just about anything.
