Will Baude

And the real problem— Well, unless there's a jurisdiction that has abrogated the general law, right?

Well, but even then— By statute.

They might not be able to abrogate the general law as applied to—I don't know.

That's not as obvious to me.

So it's not clear to me how different the positive law and the general law should be.

They might be different in practice, but it's not clear how different they should be.

Montana adopts a let them die doctrine that says nobody is allowed to go on anybody else's property to save their life because everybody must rest in their own boat.

And you have to decide if that applies to the police or not.

So let's close it out.

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