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hard cases make bad laws

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hard cases make bad laws

Laws based on unique and unusual situations are ineffective or difficult to enforce. A: "Just because one idiot threw a cupcake in the cafeteria, we're banned from having food anywhere on campus." B: "I don't know how they're going to enforce that—hard cases make bad laws."

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