Carinthium comments on Control Fraud - Less Wrong

15 Post author: David_Allen 03 November 2010 07:12PM

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Comment author: Sniffnoy 22 November 2010 05:41:04AM 1 point [-]

...because the law is not just whatever the head of government says it is?

Comment author: Carinthium 22 November 2010 07:05:04AM 0 points [-]

Seems unlikely- you'd expect they'd change the rules to cover their tracks.

Comment author: Sniffnoy 22 November 2010 07:54:50AM 2 points [-]

Again, that assumes that changing the relevant rules is within the powers their office grants them.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 22 November 2010 07:40:27AM 1 point [-]

At the very least that would require publicly stating what you're doing. Depending on the government system it might also require the legislature's cooperation.