Law Makers in Trouble with the Law

Republican California state senator Roy Ashburn was recently arrested for Driving Under the Influence (DUI) after the California Highway Patrol (CHP) pulled him over for driving erratically in downtown Sacramento.

The CHP officer who arrested Senator Ashburn however, noticed that the lawmaker’s eyes were bloodshot and that he reeked of alcohol so a field sobriety test was conducted which Ashburn failed. He was booked in jail and given a blood-alcohol test before he was released.

Authorities later reveal that Sen. Ashburn’s blood-alcohol level was .14 percent, well above the California legal limit of .08 percent.

Democratic Congressman Eric Massa from New York on the other hand, is retiring amidst allegations of sexual harassment. The cancer stricken politician has been reported to the House Ethics Committee over allegedly harassing a male staffer.

Without laws in society, all that would be left in the world is chaos and anarchy because it would be every man for himself, without the benefit of any form of legal protection. The thing that is most ironic about laws though is that every now and then, the law makers who create them are the ones who break them.

Driving under the influence (DUI) whether from drugs or alcohol is illegal and it as a crime to drive with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) at or above a proscribed level, 0.08 percent. Likewise, if a person driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol is involved in a car accident, he will be held criminally and civilly liable for any injuries or death he may have caused.

Sexual harassment on the other hand, is against the law following the provisions of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Although the general perception is that most of the victims are women, men can also be victims of sexual harassment. Sexual harassment is any unwelcome sexual advances or any verbal or physical harassment of a sexual nature.

Both the victims of alcohol-related car accidents or sexual harassment have a right to file a civil lawsuit against the offender. It should be noted that the Statute of Limitations on said claims vary: for personal injury, the prescriptive period for filing a case is 2 years or depending on the state’s laws. Sexual harassment complaints should be filed 180 days from the time the offense was committed.

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