And don’t forget that recent case, where the gov was going after someone for not following the law, even though they were accurately following the instructions of the government bureaucrats who apparently did not understand the law either.

Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.

Heads I win, Tails you lose.

The process is the punishment.

This isn’t the only place where I have run into things like this, but, every time I have I was dealing with a Government employee.

Lawyers have solid control over two of three branches of the Federal government, and usually control the third. Similar situations exist in most state governments.

Follow the rules (which shift, often based on the whims of unreasonable regulators) to perfection each and every time. Not possible.

Tell you what, let’s hold regulators and lawyers to the same standard.

Oh sure, let’s just pretend that it’s never the case that the rules are contradictory and 100% compliance is impossible or that there are no predatory plaintiffs that sue dozens of companies over minor technical violations that cause no actual consumer harm and therefore shouldn’t be violations in the first place.

Just another special interest group?

More like the ultimate special interest group.