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Originally Posted by Fluribus
Indeed. But it's also often that they get away with it in the media as well.
It's especially interesting to see a senator, with significant responsiblity for the complexity of the statutes, getting a free pass by claiming, "I didn't follow the law because it was too hard to figure out."
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In the UK we have an expression that "ignorance of the law is no excuse". You can't offer as a defence in court the fact that you didn't know that what you were doing was illegal. Does this precept not apply in US law?