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"So if the smartest legal minds are unable to list all of the federal crimes, how can we hold people like Anderson culpable for violation of essentially unknown federal laws that lack any intent requirement? Is Posner right to say we are condoning a violation of a fundamental principle of justice for the sake of a “modest economy in the administration of criminal justice”? Is ignorance of the law no longer a valid excuse? If so, what would the remedy be?"
Cross-Posted at JoshBlackman.com.
