What the laws says is exactly what the law says. The "spirit of the law" will win a few court cases but laws should be written to mean exactly what they say. Playing loud music in ones car while on public road ways (one of the few things the federal government actually can limit on federal roads by the Constitution) is legal to be restricted by the law, including State law. Nobody will have their freedoms restricted by the law when driving on a public road and not being able to play loud music because that person is not ON their personal property, they are IN their property and ON public property.
Laws should be written to mean what they say and have NO room for "interpretation". Per Jefferson, "Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the ordinary rules of common sense. Their meaning is not to be sought for in metaphysical subtleties which may make anything mean everything or nothing at pleasure." The law means what it says!
The EPA is Un Constitutional, the regulations they intend for our ponds are Un Constitutional. You sprkplg would have men be ruled by regulations which cannot and are not allowed to exist because you don't think these laws will affect you? Because you think it is needed and perhaps a vacuum exists to be filled? Let the States handle this, as States are supposed to, and let the federal government worry about ISIL and postal roads.
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We don't have much to argue about, we have no common premise. I am a strict constructionist and believe the rights of the individual are paramount to the rights of the State. Personal freedom is what this country was started/based on, not the "greater good". Without a common premise, discussion is futile. Zoning ultimately leads to severe harm to personal freedom and elevated laws encouraging "the greater good". This can sound great until it is your Ox being gored.
Wow, great thoughts. Thanks for the posts. Glad to see others feel the way us Texans do.
