Natural Law vs. Legislation

Do we need human beings in order to enforce the law?  

Duncan Trussell and Joe Rogan debate the differences between natural law and legislation...

*clip from Joe Rogan Experience 

Smart Criminals vs. Dumb Criminals

The dumb criminals don't work in the same place where the smart criminals work.  Insight from Duncan Trussell...

The smart criminals that Duncan is referring to are people like Jon Corzine.  Since he is "inside" the legal system his crimes are not officially punished.

*Clip from the Joe Rogan podcast.

Laws Are 'Of Nature', Says Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine was a massive influence on the late 18th century secession movements in the America's and France.  It has been argued that he, not Thomas Jefferson, wrote the Declaration of Independence for the former British Colonies of North America.

One thing for sure is that Paine was hated by monarch's all over Europe.  In The Rights of Man he wrote:   

All the great laws of society are laws of nature. Those of trade and commerce, whether with respect to the intercourse of individuals or of nations, are laws of mutual and reciprocal interest. They are followed and obeyed, because it is the interest of the parties so to do, and not on account of any formal laws their governments may impose or interpose.

To test Paine's claim, simply ponder this question.  Which law do you actually follow in your day-to-day life?  Laws of nature and morality or millions of pages written by thousands of lawyers scattered across hundreds of buildings over 3,000 miles?  

2013 U.S. Federal Register
Contains 80,000 Pages of New Rules

   
For more on Paine see his bio.

h/t Don Boudreaux for the Paine quote.

Humpday Humor: Chicago's Very Dangerous Drivers

Drivers for Rahm Emanuel, the mayor of Chicago, have violated city traffic codes 20 times in less than three years.  In one instance his SUV was traveling 18 miles over the speed limit in a school zone.

 

Nice work by the Chicago Sun-Times!