Non-Objective Law
Via Hit and Run:
Federal Price Gouging Prevention Act - Makes it unlawful for any person to sell crude oil, gasoline, natural gas, or petroleum distillates at a price that: (1) is unconscionably excessive; or (2) indicates the seller is taking unfair advantage unusual market conditions or the circumstances of an emergency to increase prices unreasonably.
Well, since they establish such a bright-line legal standard like "unconscionably excessive," I guess it is OK.
Posted on May 23, 2007 at 02:48 PM | Permalink
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Next step: Objectively define "unconscionably", "excessive", "unfair", "unusual" and "unreasonably". Once that is settled, enforcement of this law should be a piece of cake.
But hey, it sounds good on the evening news and at a political stump speech.
Posted by: CRC | May 23, 2007 3:06:54 PM
How about this instead:
Federal Citizen Gouging Prevention Act - Makes it unlawful for any person to sell political promises, platitudes and visions that are: (1) is unconscionably excessive; or (2) indicates the candidate is taking unfair advantage of the ignorance of the populace to garner votes unreasonably.
Posted by: CRC | May 23, 2007 3:10:28 PM
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