Originally Posted by skanking biker
Ahh yes----so we should just give off the cuff free legal advice about a statute we read once, in a jurisdiction in which we are not licensed to practice, to complete strangers, and then if we turn out to be wrong, not be surprised when we get sued for malpractice or unlicensed practice of law.
Free legal advice is worth exactly what you pay for it.
Well, to be fair, HH did not pose the question asked in the other thread. Here is what I told him:
Originally Posted by Blue Order
When a law is poorly written, the courts still have to interpret its meaning, and they WILL NOT give it an interpretation that leads to nonsensical outcomes UNLESS the legislature EXPLICITLY said it intended that nonsensical outcome.
Now you and Hard Head can either ask a lawyer if that's what courts do, or not. But if you don't ask a lawyer, it's because you're both afraid to have an expert tell you you're wrong.
And the question HH posed here was NOT about whether courts interpret nonsensical provisions literally. Instead, he disingenuously asked a different question: What does the statute mean. I guess sleight of hand comes with the VC cult territory...