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What is your quintessential example of a historical ruling or law of unintended consequences? (lemmy.world)
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I just learned that the egregious US Citizens United (2010) decision is a convoluted result of several altruistic campaign finance reforms beginning with the 1907 Tillman Act to FECA (1971) and Buckley v. Valeo (1976).

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[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 days ago

There's that law if you injure somebody there you have to help support them for life, and then the result was the videos of people hitting a pedestrian and then driving back over them a few times to ensure they died. Fine/jail for killing was less than lifelong payments to support the victim.