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The Supreme court.. and a semi;colon
Posted on 3/21/14 at 10:49 am
Posted on 3/21/14 at 10:49 am
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They will hear cases and up for grabs... the First amendment...
They will hear cases and up for grabs... the First amendment...
quote:
Next Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear two cases related to the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, and the stakes are high for both sides. In fact, the interpretation of a semi-colon in the context of the First Amendment could play a critical role.
quote:
the authors of the First Amendment only separated the Free Exercise Clause and the Free Speech Clause by a semi-colon, thus showing the continuation of intent between the two,”
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“We are not persuaded that the use of a semi-colon means that each clause of the First Amendment must be interpreted jointly.”
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Posted on 3/21/14 at 10:52 am to darkhorse
So will they be examining the historical use of the semicolon at the time of drafting?
Posted on 3/21/14 at 11:19 am to darkhorse
Maybe it's a colon and the ink ran a little on the bottom dot. 
Posted on 3/21/14 at 12:24 pm to DrunkenStuporMan
quote:thats funny
Maybe it's a colon and the ink ran a little on the bottom dot.
Posted on 3/21/14 at 12:42 pm to darkhorse
I once saved about $500/month on a 7 year lease because the family lawyer who wrote it fogot a comma. 
I imagine a semi colon could easily save us more.
I imagine a semi colon could easily save us more.
This post was edited on 3/21/14 at 12:44 pm
Posted on 3/21/14 at 12:45 pm to ruzil
Well, there is a semi-black president who gets the full value of the "That's racist" card. So, there's THAT
Posted on 3/21/14 at 1:01 pm to darkhorse
The colon before shall not be infringed in the 2nd, obligates gun control advocates arguments.
Posted on 3/22/14 at 6:02 am to DrunkenStuporMan
quote:if it's a colon, obamacare is prepared to administer the cavity search.
Maybe it's a colon and the ink . . . .
Posted on 3/22/14 at 6:19 am to ruzil
quote:
I once saved about $500/month on a 7 year lease because the family lawyer who wrote it fogot a comma
How'd that work, out of curiosity?
Posted on 3/22/14 at 6:51 am to Mo Jeaux
Yeah do tell...
Posted on 3/22/14 at 6:55 am to ruzil
quote:
once saved about $500/month on a 7 year lease because the family lawyer who wrote it fogot a comma.
I imagine a semi colon could easily save us more.
This is the sole purpose of law school and the reason some attorney's make so much money. Normal people would never think to make an argument over a comma.....but a lawyer sees a comma error and can envision all sorts of damages suffered by the public. I suspect this is also why the average salary for attorney's is so low because the vast majority of law school graduates are normal and thus unable to see hoardes of disfigured bodies are wads of lost income due to misplaced punctuation....
Posted on 3/22/14 at 7:20 am to germandawg
Words mean something. Punctuation in legal documents means something.
quote:Oooops, I need to retract the first sentence of my post, or at least qualify it with a "sometimes" . . . .
. . . unable to see hoardes of disfigured bodies are wads of lost income due to misplaced punctuation....
Posted on 3/22/14 at 7:51 am to darkhorse
It appears that things which were clear to the Founding Fathers are not so clear to our present society?
This post was edited on 3/22/14 at 8:00 am
Posted on 3/22/14 at 8:04 am to BlackHelicopterPilot
quote:
Well, there is a semi-black president who gets the full value of the "That's racist" card. So, there's THAT
Posted on 3/22/14 at 8:11 am to davesdawgs
Can we at least criticize his white half?
Posted on 3/22/14 at 11:19 am to darkhorse
why does the author use a hyphen in semicolon? semicolon is a word without the hyphen. ok, now i can read the article.
Posted on 3/22/14 at 11:34 am to darkhorse
That sounds half assed to me.
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