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Wirlocke@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

On the flipside, if the language is too casual you’d end up with people winning cases by being popular and snarky.

Part of the reason why Trump’s cases have such a high turnover of lawyers. His antics just don’t amuse a judge used to professionalism.

Not saying you don’t have a point. After stuff like bees being classified as fish in California to protect them. It’s clear to see legalese has gone to far.

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2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Lmao, you weren’t joking. edition.cnn.com/2022/06/06/us/…/index.html

As absurd as it is, this is probably just because it’s easier than changing that law.

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- Delta_V@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  
  in a lucky loophole for insects, mollusks, and other spineless creatures falling under the umbrella term “invertebrate,” the act itself defines a “fish” as “a wild fish, mollusk, crustacean, invertebrate, amphibian, or part, spawn, or ovum of any of those animals.”
  
  According to the law’s specific definition of “fish”, spiders and earthworms are also ‘fish’.
  
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