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- From: tzs@carson.u.washington.edu (Tim Smith)
- Newsgroups: misc.legal,alt.censorship
- Subject: Re: Judges "making" law [was: Shouting "Movie!" at a Fire Station (Schenck v US)]
- Date: 21 Jan 1993 08:03:03 GMT
- Organization: University of Washington School of Law, Class of '95
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- rjc@devo.unify.com (Ronald Cole) writes:
- >So, in other words, legislators pass what looks and smells like "law",
- >but which isn't "true law" until it comes out of the judicial
- >crucible.
- >
- >IMHO, calling statutes "law" muddies the waters a bit and results in
- >semantic flame wars.
- >
- >Have I missed the point?
-
- When Jose Canseco hits a baseball out of the park, do you say he hit a
- home run, or do you wait until he rounds the bases and the umpire signals
- the run before you classify it as a run?
-
- --Tim Smith
-