Note to self

If When I'm finally in court, in front of the military tribunal jury, I shall confidently recite this quote from Attorney General Robert Mukasey:

Not every wrong, or even every violation of the law, is a crime.

I agree with him - not every violation of the laws on the books is a crime. I'd wager that in the ten thousand or so federal laws out there just waiting to be inadvertently broken, any of us hapless citizens stand a way better chance on trial now that juries have a free pass from DOJ to judge not merely whether a law was broken, but whether the totality of the facts constitute a "crime" (something I fully support).

However, something tells me this is a judgment call to be made solely by bar members, not lowly plebs like us (excepting my favorite reader, Mr. X, of course).

Hat tip Radley's way.

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Written on Tuesday, August 12, 2008