“Too many people think they get to be judge for a day whenever they want.
I tried reading up on the issue with Bundy to see how far up the court system it went, but almost everything presented so far on FR is just confusing dreck focusing on ‘the infamous they’, instead of the legal merits of the case from both sides.”
Well said. I’m not a lawyer and my guess is neither are most of the folks holding forth with a legal opinion.
I am married to a lawyer and when I asked Mrs Snarky Bob what her thoughts on this case were she said “The application of law is different than the statement of law”
She then said that laws involving public land and water rights are complex enough that she had no opinion because she didn’t really know the facts of the case.
Well said. I’m not a lawyer and my guess is neither are most of the folks holding forth with a legal opinion.
I am married to a lawyer and when I asked Mrs Snarky Bob what her thoughts on this case were she said “The application of law is different than the statement of law”
She then said that laws involving public land and water rights are complex enough that she had no opinion because she didn’t really know the facts of the case.
And yet the folks in Washington crank out new regulations and laws that no one can interpret all day long.