▲ 729 ▼ Donald Trump says he never swore oath "to support the Constitution" (www.newsweek.com) submitted 2 years ago by CantaloupeLifestyle@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 156 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] KnowledgeableNip@leminal.space 17 points 2 years ago (1 child) The fuck Simon Says argument is this? Are we in kindergarten? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm no lawyer, but I swear 99% of law is laughable semantics like this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) America does produce 4x the lawyers expected per capita, and they've gotta do something to get paid, so ... yeah. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Pips@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 2 years ago Frankly, there's a lot of it that's creative reading of something so you don't have to spend 6 months fighting an even worse battle. Also, turns out six people can look at the exact same sentence and come away with six different interpretations, so there's a good deal of legitimate disagreement on meaning. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm no lawyer, but I swear 99% of law is laughable semantics like this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) America does produce 4x the lawyers expected per capita, and they've gotta do something to get paid, so ... yeah. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Pips@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 2 years ago Frankly, there's a lot of it that's creative reading of something so you don't have to spend 6 months fighting an even worse battle. Also, turns out six people can look at the exact same sentence and come away with six different interpretations, so there's a good deal of legitimate disagreement on meaning. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) America does produce 4x the lawyers expected per capita, and they've gotta do something to get paid, so ... yeah. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Pips@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 2 years ago Frankly, there's a lot of it that's creative reading of something so you don't have to spend 6 months fighting an even worse battle. Also, turns out six people can look at the exact same sentence and come away with six different interpretations, so there's a good deal of legitimate disagreement on meaning. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Pips@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 2 years ago Frankly, there's a lot of it that's creative reading of something so you don't have to spend 6 months fighting an even worse battle. Also, turns out six people can look at the exact same sentence and come away with six different interpretations, so there's a good deal of legitimate disagreement on meaning. permalink fedilink source parent