When A Law Doesn’t Make Sense, We Should Change It

Laws can seem like they are set in stone. But as President Abraham Lincoln once told us, these laws are by the people. And if we the people want to change the laws in ways that better serve, ahem, the people, well…

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Ari Isaacman Astles

May 1, 2014

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