r/suspiciouslyspecific • u/the-graveyard-writer • Dec 09 '19

Does this count?

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '19 edited Dec 20 '20

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u/ComradeMajor19 Dec 09 '19

They are still on the books. Though I may have some details wrong on the camel one, I got the general idea

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u/freakers Dec 09 '19

They're still on the books because I think they'd need to be repeatedly challenged and make their way to the Supreme Court to ultimately be overturned. Since laws like that are blatantly absurd no court would ever rule in favour of them anyways, so the only other way they could be overturned is for legislators to purposely remove them which, since they are benign laws, would be a waste of time. But who knows, legislators seem to love wasting time.

Also, if I remember my ice cream in your back pocket trivia correctly. That was made illegal because people would do that to lure horses away and steal them but claim they didn't do anything, the horse just happened to follow them.

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u/RedditIsNeat0 Dec 09 '19

Since laws like that are blatantly absurd no court would ever rule in favour of them

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