Post#approve!: signal errors with invalid object instead of exception.

app/models/post.rb

@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
     end
 
     def approve!(approver = CurrentUser.user)
-      approvals.create!(user: approver)
+      approvals.create(user: approver)
     end
 
     def approved_by?(user)

app/models/post_approval.rb

@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ class PostApproval < ActiveRecord::Base
       errors.add(:post, "is locked and cannot be approved")
     end
 
+    if post.status == "active"
+      errors.add(:post, "is already active and cannot be approved")
+    end
+
     if post.uploader == user
       errors.add(:base, "You cannot approve a post you uploaded")
     end