Statutory interpretation for nine-year-olds

A wise female caucasian judge in my childhood home would have issued a summary judgment on the first infraction (with a wooden spoon) and sent a clear message to the rest of the subjects that such challenges to existing statutes will also be sent to the star chamber in short order thereby rendering all future appeals or interpretations obsolete. The spoon still hangs on her wall as a reminder, to this very day.

Agree with Todd, however, in other jurisdictions an implicit recitiation of the “Because I said so.” was usually sufficient.

(Explicit recitation was to be avoided because of its close association with “Go get me a switch from the privet hedge.”)

I laughed so hard that I spilled my pretzels on the family room floor. I am invoking congressional privilege in order to avoid prosecution. Let my wife argue that one.