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The author described his new book as mixing humor with deep analysis to argue that ten popular laws are harming America, and he explained that the book examines how those statutes functioned as intended but with poor, antidemocratic intentions.
Mistal's new book, Bad Law, 10 Popular Laws That Are Ruining America, mixes humor with deep analysis to argue that our laws on immigration, religious freedom, abortion, and voting rights are actually...
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Episode: A Legal Scholar On 10 Laws 'Ruining America'
The author described his new book as mixing humor with deep analysis to argue that ten popular laws are harming America, and he explained that the book examines how those statutes functioned as intended but with poor, antidemocratic intentions.
Mistal's new book, Bad Law, 10 Popular Laws That Are Ruining America, mixes humor with deep analysis to argue that our laws on immigration, religious freedom, abortion, and voting rights are actually making life worse than better.
Ellie Mistal's new book is Bad Law, Ten Popular Laws That Are Ruining America.
And you are saying that these laws aren't basically imperfect like the other types of laws that you mentioned. You're arguing that their very function is to harm.