How subjective is the law?

Question

Sincityq:
US law in general.

With consideration for decisions remanded or overturned on appeal, it seems that we really get verdicts 'du jour'. Ha ha.

Answer 1

Which law?

Well, you have a layering of laws... local laws and ordinances then state laws and finally federal law. Outside of this, there is a whole grab bag of family laws, the Uniformed Code of Military Justice laws, business laws... etc.

As a whole, the answer would have to be that they are subjective unto their individual subjects to varying degrees.

Just a single example though, I would say that certain traffic laws are very subjective because they weren't written with the public safety in mind... but at the behest of the insurance industry.

Answer 2

The law is the law. It cannot be subjective or objective, it just is. As far as the courts and the ability to be subjective, figure it out. It used to be that each case was adjudicated according to a collection of precedents, and a history of the perpetrator, used in comparison or contrast to the severity of the crime. Now, because of who knows what, they find victims, and relatives of victims, and friends of victims and enemies of the perpetrators and after conviction parade these individuals in front of the judge or sentencing body to invoke a harsher penalty than the crime may deserve. When these less than subjective sentences show up in front of appeals courts or judges, the latter, who are usually more experienced and seasoned adjudicators (not always, but usually), they aren't subjected to a litany of cries of how bad the perpetrator is etc. They have only the evidence (crazy scheme that, sentencing by evidence review).......to consider, and the transcript of the trial. These are in place to help our courts be subjective.

Answer 3

Which law? You mean selective enforcement, where they're only deporting illegal aliens that are wanted for a crime?