Posted by Dinah on August 5, 2010, at 8:40:07
In reply to precedence, posted by europerep on August 4, 2010, at 13:59:27
I thought I remembered them as being laws, not precedent. Ordinance would refer to a law.
These laws are probably mostly local. The local leaders were faced with something that caused trouble in the community, and passed a law to stop it. Because they couldn't just issue a "knock it off", they had to make a general law to address the issue.
Or perhaps certain laws were passed to benefit the current lawmakers.
Time passed, the issue went away, but no one remembered, or perhaps saw the need to, repeal the law.
It's rather sad to know that there was need to make laws for dropping moose out of airplanes or getting them drunk. But I certainly don't blame the local authorities for trying to stop it.
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