When The Law Won’t Die: The Real Problem With America’s “Zombie Laws”
by Brooke Karsteter, Associate Member, University of Cincinnati Law Review Vol. 94 I. Introduction The legal archives of the United States are filled with curiosities that read more like folklore than enforceable law.
In South Carolina, a statute forbids minors from playing pinball machines.1S.C. Code Ann. § 63-19-2430. And in Alaska, a wildlife regulation proscribes the use of aircraft to “harass game,”2Alaska Stat. § 16.05.920. spawning the infamous myth that it is illegal to push a live moose out of an airplane.3Stephanie Heath, Turns Out Bizarre Alaskan Law About Moose and Airplanes Doesn’t Exist, Wide Open Spaces (Jan.
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