[throwaway2048]

you are at once arguing "we can't criminalise making mistakes" and "you face the consequences of your actions when the legal system catches up to you"

The first you apply to the elites, and the second to everyone else.

Only in the case of the elites are we talking about serious, intentional, and known in advance to be illegitimate, irreparable harm to millions of people's lives.

But its just a "mistake", but you demand those who perpetuated victimless crimes continue to suffer.

[golergka]

There's a difference between a mistake and violating the law. If the lawmakers have knowingly voted for an unconstitutional law, they should be persecuted, because they violated the law. If, on the other hand, they had merely voted for an unwise law, it's a mistake that shouldn't be persecuted.

Also, I find it curious that you single out lawmakers and forget the public that voted them in on anti-drug platform. Should we persecute all Nixon voters as well, for example?

[ryanlol]

The lawmakers did something far worse than disregard the constitution.

The drug laws exist because they wanted to throw black people in the dungeon.