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To: oblomov
Interpreting the law is a very simple matter, until you have to appear in court.

I love that line! Yes, when you're a judge or a law professor, you have nothing to lose. Being a litigant is another thing.

222 posted on 10/06/2005 10:43:32 AM PDT by guinnessman
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To: guinnessman
Interpreting the law is a very simple matter, until you have to appear in court.

Nonesense. Show me a lawsuit, and I'll show you one party who argues the law is complex and the opposing party who argues the law is plain and simple.

And then, the next week in a different case, the two lawyers will swap arguments about the law. The law is often badly written and TACTICALLY COMPLEX, but justice is almost always straightforward once you find out the facts.

And we ask 12 people, in both cases, WHO HAVE NO SPECIAL TRAINING IN THE LAW, to decide justice.

236 posted on 10/06/2005 10:56:16 AM PDT by Taliesan (The power of the State to do good is the power of the State to do evil.)
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