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To: antiRepublicrat
Do you?

Yes, I am well acquainted with the English language. It is a simple matter to read a statute and understand what it says. It is an entirly different matter to rean a holding and find out what the staute means when one considers transcendent liberty rights, penumbras and outlying galaxies.

461 posted on 03/22/2005 1:05:40 PM PST by jwalsh07
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To: jwalsh07
Yes, I am well acquainted with the English language. It is a simple matter to read a statute and understand what it says.

Not quite. You have to read the statute, find out any other statutes that may affect that statute, and find precedent that affects how that statute is applied. That precedent may reference other statutes, or reference other precedent, which may reference other statutes or precedent, and on and on and on.

466 posted on 03/22/2005 1:40:48 PM PST by antiRepublicrat
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