Having a Law Overturned

U.S. legislation can always be overturned no matter how old, which is sort of the beauty of this country - if of course the people care enough. If public interest drops on any subject then a stupid law will be passed by some fanatic of whatever affiliation. How do you think the UIGEA got passed in the first place? Some fanatical jerk tacked it onto a bill that nobody was going to not vote for. There’s hope for online poker, because it happened to be the subject of such circumstance in Phildelphia.
North Carolina is another example, as recently a judge had to throw out a law that was 201 years old. The law stated that it was illegal for unmarried couples to live together. The case was brought up against a 911 emergency operator, when a sheriff learned that she and her boyfriend were living together. The woman was given an ultimatum, she could either marry, move, or she would have to leave her job. After she would be forced to marry her boyfriend or move out she was forced to leave her job. The woman was Debora Lynn Hobbs and she filed a constitutional challenge, she didn’t want her old job back (who would after that) she just wanted the law changed so nobody else would have to face the same BS as her.
Now as crazy as that law sounded to everyone with brain cells left in their head, there was a fanatic who opposed it’s removal. "I think it's terrible," said the Rev. Mark Creech, executive director of the Christian Action League of North Carolina. "It was simply judicial activism at its best. That knocked down the law that is a cornerstone of state marriage policy. The law emphasizes that marriage is the family structure that ought to be encouraged because that is the best institution for family, children and society. What the judge actually did was undermine marriage," said Creech,
So you see no matter what law passes or doesn’t pass, no matter how stupid it is, there will be someone who will defend it with all they have for some moronic reason. Such is the case with live in boyfriends, and such is the case with online poker.