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Originally Posted by WTE_Galway
The modern tendency towards Textualism is always a problem with dated legislation, it tends to encode and exaggerate drafting errors and is often used to endorse interpretations completely at odds with the original drafters intent.
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Agreed
its both the upside and downside of the judiciary
With all this talk of "democracy" and "freedoms", I'm reminded of this quote...
Apologies to the original author and for not remembering where I saw it, it could have been here:
Democracy: Two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch
Liberty: A well armed lamb contesting the outcome of the vote