> This is the problem with the common law system. It's a haphazard set of poking...

		dragonwriter on April 28, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Grand jury subpoena for Signal user data, Central ... > This is the problem with the common law system. It's a haphazard set of poking and prodding where written law is less than half the story Except that written law is the whole story. (Precedential court decisions are, after all, not transmitted as oral history.)

This is absolutely not true, the easiest example being the second amendment.