U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and U.S. Congressman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) recently released a public draft of the Online Protection and Enforcement of Digital Trade (OPEN) Act as a bi-partisan alternative to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the…
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SOPA Goes To A (Carefully Managed) Hearing
16
Nov
The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is headed to a hearing today before the full House Judiciary Committee. Well, we’ll call it a hearing because there is at least one party testifying that opposes the bill, and that is Katherine…
House Bill Would Place Broad IP Enforcement Powers In Hands Of Rightsholders
01
Nov
I usually appreciate the work of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, though I sometimes roll my eyes at the hyperbole in some of those positions. Biases aside, the EFF report on the Stop Online Piracy Act (H.R. 3621) is pretty right-on…
How to Read the Law
21
Sep
Know What the Law Actually Says and Means!
One of the biggest case-losing mistakes is mis-reading the law.
- Constitutions
- Rules
- Statutes
- Codes
- Court Rulings
- Other Legal Documents
If you don’t know what a law actually says, you’ll have a devilishly hard time getting a judge to agree with you!
Understanding the “rules of language interpretation” is essential … not only to winning lawsuits but to obtain success in other pursuits of life as well.
Legal language must be interpreted according to the “rules of language interpretation”.
Understanding the rules of language interpretation are vital to winning your case. You DO want to win, don’t you?
Too many otherwise clever people “assume” they know what a law says, when theonly opinion that counts in court is what appellate justices say the law says.
Appellate justices apply the rules of language interpretation. You must also!
Learn the rules … if you want to win!
For example, one of the principles rules is the “Plain Meaning Rule”. This rule requires judges to give words their “plain meaning”, i.e., what an ordinary reasonable person would believe a word means in the context where it’s found.
You must never let a judge or opposing party or his lawyer to play games with words. Knowing these rules (more completely explained in my course) gives you the knowledge-power you need to put a stop to the word games!
If a reasonable person would read “bicycle” to mean a two-wheeled vehicle powered only by legs and feet, no judge or lawyer should be allowed to stretch the meaning to include mopeds or motorcycles. Judges and lawyers should be compelled to agree that a law says “plainly” what it says and that it means it.
Sometimes judges and lawyers twist words to reach an outcome they desire. YOU must know these rules so you can put a stop to it before it causes you to lose your case!
So? What if the meaning is plain but the context is confusing?
Other rules (explained in my course) give clear direction.
For example, according to the rule of “ejusdem generis” (simply Latin for “of the same type”), general terms at the end of specific lists include only things of the same type as those specifically mentioned in the list. If a provision lists “oranges, grapefruit, lemons, and other fruit“, the doctrine of ejusdem generis limits the phrase “other fruit” to mean other citrus fruit. Apples and pears are not included. One may assume the provision includes other citrus, e.g., kumquats, limes, tangelos, etc. However, strawberries and grapes are not included. The term ejusdem generismeans, in essence, of the same type.
You need to know this stuff … if you want to win!
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Stop Collection Calls Letter
30
Aug
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To Fly Again…
Denied to me now, I’m afraid; Judge Gold caused me to lose my Piper Cherokee 6.
However, that didn’t stop me from encouraging my son Ben to learn to fly it, and later – to keep him out of trouble and stop being a waiter – to consider a career in aviation. That he did, became an instructor, married one of his students, and now flies international for Delta. We don’t connect any more, but I hope he’s minding his Ps and Qs.
Went to the Huntington Library the other day with my first son Jonathan, and noticed the upcoming exhibit featuring the development of U.S. Aviation, from its beginnings to the present. What a glorious story that is!
Indeed, I whiled away the last ten dead years doodling for Wikipedia, and researched and wrote the story of the now defunct and forgotten Glendale Airport, which was once the gateway to the West Coast. Frequented by the likes of Howard Hughes, Amelia Earhart, and the black Tuskegee Airmen, it later served as the training ground and repair station for thousands of WWII airmen and their fighting machines. The surviving classically designed control tower, surrounded by humdrum factories and warehouses, was acquired by the Walt Disney company, with headquarters nearby. There many a movie was shot, and its current lack of maintenance and continued state of disrepair is quite shocking. Shame on you, Walt Disney! May one wish that the company and Glendale city provide funds and jobs to restore it?
Here, read this, it has such stories to tell. Grand Central Airport, Glendale
At these times of hardship, us oldsters like to harken back to not so very long ago, to the years when America was industrious in manufacturing, and provided jobs for all. When we were the New World, a shining light of hope for the less advantaged.
Perhaps our memories will help motivate and energize today’s youngsters to recapture the pride we’ve lost. Pondering our history, at least they’ll get some perspective.
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