Topic: Diagramming Sentences in the Tenth Circuit Court

In Chapter 3 of A Republic, If You Can Keep It, under the heading United States v. Rentz, Neil Gorsuch demonstrates how diagramming a sentence reveals the subtleties of meaning created in a statute by the legislature.  (p 174 in the hardcover edition; the case was before the 10th Circuit.)

Re: Diagramming Sentences in the Tenth Circuit Court

njc wrote:

In Chapter 3 of A Republic, If You Can Keep It, under the heading United States v. Rentz, Neil Gorsuch demonstrates how diagramming a sentence reveals the subtleties of meaning created in a statute by the legislature.  (p 174 in the hardcover edition; the case was before the 10th Circuit.)

If you must diagram a sentence to understand a statute created by the legislature, then not only the statute should be thrown out, but all the members who voted for its passing should also be thrown out. Oh, never mind, they all should be thrown out anyway. Carry on. Take care. Vern

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Maybe not.  Ambiguity, like evil, can never be completely extirpated.

Do you think that "We get the legislature that we deserve"?

Re: Diagramming Sentences in the Tenth Circuit Court

njc wrote:

Maybe not.  Ambiguity, like evil, can never be completely extirpated.

Do you think that "We get the legislature that we deserve"?

Only if you think we deserve a bunch of crooks and ass kissers. Take care. Vern

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Tough question.  Or maybe not.  Did the 'public servant' buy multiple million dollar houses on speaking fees and sweetheart deals?

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Re: Diagramming Sentences in the Tenth Circuit Court

"Duff himself said that 'This code forms some sort of argument in that debate, but I'm not sure whether it's for or against.'[5]"  (From the Wikipedia article on Duff's Device.)