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- From: eck@panix.com (Mark Eckenwiler)
- Subject: Re: Judges "making" law [was: Shouting "Movie!" at a Fire Station (Schenck v US)]
- Message-ID: <C17o28.Dr4@panix.com>
- Organization: Superseding Information, Inc.
- References: <1993Jan19.131042.16872@eff.org> <RJC.93Jan20140137@devo.unify.com> <1jllbnINNm2t@shelley.u.washington.edu>
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 15:51:44 GMT
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- In <1jllbnINNm2t@shelley.u.washington.edu>, tzs@carson.u.washington.edu sez:
- >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.
- >
- >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?
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- If it's George Brett, I wait to see whether he used too much pine tar.
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- Followups to rec.sport.baseball.legal.
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