One thing I learned a long time ago as a prosecutor is that it's tough to get people to obey a law if there is not penalty for breaking it.

  • -- Roy Barnes 罗伊·巴恩斯

很久以前,作为一名检察官,我学到的一件事是,如果没有对违法者的惩罚,要让他们遵守法律是很难的。

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The law is constantly based on notions of morality, and if all laws representing essentially moral choices are to be invalidated under the due process clause, the courts will be very busy indeed.

法律总是建立在道德观念的基础上,如果所有代表道德选择的法律都要根据正当程序条款被废除,法庭将会非常忙碌。

It was way overdone. Setting up a stage, traveling out here, was uncalled for. ... Try not to patronize us next time.

太过分了。搭建一个舞台,在这里旅行,是不必要的。下次尽量不要光顾我们。

In a number of cases dissenting opinions have in time become the law.

在一些案件中,不同意见已及时成为法律。

It's about time law enforcement got as organized as organized crime.

是时候让执法部门变得像有组织犯罪一样有组织了。