You'd be amazed at what would go on if people as proactive as Tim weren't around.
Seriously, I know someone who was convicted in the lower level courts for marijuana dust in a tin during the time in which under one ounce of marijuana was not even a criminal offense. Judges (although more the police) routinely do illegal things hoping no one will call them on it. Sometimes cases need to go to the supreme court before they get overturned. Take for example Larry Flynt and all of his first amendment fights. None of his issues should ever even have made it into court to begin with, let alone need to be fought at the highest levels.
If Tim had not brought this up in this thread, who knows what would have become of this situation.