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>Why would a law be needed to be argued in court?

By the grace of living in a democratic society and not a despotic dictatorship, it is in essentially every western nation the right of any legal person who is accused of breaking a law to request judgement on the matter by the courts.




Talking about how to implement or write a law and going to court to fight against a fine you get for breaking that law is two different steps far removed from each other. It is in the last one the courts decide if/how the law should be upheld and where democracy lives.

What you are implying would make judges politicians.




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