I was watching some discussion of why congressman don't read the bills they vote on the other day. One thing that dumbfounded me was that they said that many of the bills they consider are written in legalese and thus are not only very boring but are very difficult for anyone to understand, apparently including themselves.
How are we to be expected to obey the law if we can't even understand it? Ignorance of the law is supposed to be no excuse. But if the lawmakers themselves don't know what the law means, how can we reasonably be expected to know? Are we supposed to just let them pass whatever they want then take their word for what it means? Apparently, the people who actually write the laws can slip anything they want in and no one will know the difference.
I'd like to see some prank additions. Maybe "It is here by resolved that Obama is a putz" could be added somewhere for example or maybe "It is hereby declared that all lawyers are studs and shall be called such from this day forth."
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