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[noise] Re: Do you feel lucky, punk?



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Black Unicorn write:
> On Mon, 11 Mar 1996, jim bell wrote:
> > Remember, one of the basic assumptions that any supporter of the Leahy bill
> > could be making is that it will be interpreted INTELLIGENTLY by courts.

> Wrong.  The assumption is that the rules of statuatory construction and a
> long history of weighing legislative history will be used in intrepreting
> the statute.

Surely one of the basic assumptions of the supporter of any bill is that it
_will_ be interpreted intelligently?  [Note - Jim is not saying this is the
_only_ assumption].


It's hard to make bills foolproof, since fools are so ingenious ...

Gary
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