[Movemout]

"Torquemada said, "Then I'll explain it again. You are not to reference the Constitution in these proceedings. You will not address it in voir dire, you will not address it in your opening remarks, you will not ask any questions about the Constitution when you summon your witnesses, and you will not talk about the Constitution when you give your closing arguments. Do you understand my instructions?", questioned Judge Torquemada. "

[morridx]

The Supreme Court has ruled at least once that a challenge to the Constitutionality of a law is not an adequate defense to willfully breaking the law. If a defense is a complaint about the law, rather than being based on what the law says, then the defense is worthless, and the jury will be instructed to ignore it (cf. Cheek v. United States, 498 U.S. 192).

I don't know that this is what we're seeing, and if it is the Judge could be clearer.