Comments on: Vagueness Is Not a Crime, But It May Suggest Intent to Commit One http://washingtonindependent.com/56388/vagueness-is-not-a-crime-but-it-may-suggest-intent-to-commit-one National News in Context Sun, 04 Mar 2012 13:30:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Stan Wright http://washingtonindependent.com/56388/vagueness-is-not-a-crime-but-it-may-suggest-intent-to-commit-one/comment-page-1#comment-70539 Stan Wright Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:56:48 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=56388#comment-70539 Rarely does the phrase "..or should have known..." ring truer than in a legal opinion prepared by the president's lawyer regarding the exact location of the boundary between criminal and legal acts the president intends to order others to commit. There's no excuse for imprecise instructions in such a case; these are tantamount to ordering the crime. The precedent was well set by the Nuremburg judges. Rarely does the phrase “..or should have known…” ring truer than in a legal opinion prepared by the president's lawyer regarding the exact location of the boundary between criminal and legal acts the president intends to order others to commit. There's no excuse for imprecise instructions in such a case; these are tantamount to ordering the crime. The precedent was well set by the Nuremburg judges.

]]> By: Stan Wright http://washingtonindependent.com/56388/vagueness-is-not-a-crime-but-it-may-suggest-intent-to-commit-one/comment-page-1#comment-70540 Stan Wright Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:56:47 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=56388#comment-70540 Rarely does the phrase "..or should have known..." ring truer than in a legal opinion prepared by the president's lawyer regarding the exact location of the boundary between criminal and legal acts the president intends to order others to commit. There's no excuse for imprecise instructions in such a case; these are tantamount to ordering the crime. The precedent was well set by the Nuremburg judges. Rarely does the phrase “..or should have known…” ring truer than in a legal opinion prepared by the president's lawyer regarding the exact location of the boundary between criminal and legal acts the president intends to order others to commit. There's no excuse for imprecise instructions in such a case; these are tantamount to ordering the crime. The precedent was well set by the Nuremburg judges.

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