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Please read that definition more carefully. Here's a paraphrase: In defining the term threat, The Secretary or the Attorney shall take into account factors suc

Please read that definition more carefully. Here's a paraphrase: In defining the term threat, The Secretary or the Attorney shall take into account factors such as potential for harm, loss of life, national security, and economic damage. That is not a definition, that is a list of things that must be taken into account when making the definition.

iamdave 8y ago
Perhaps I should clarify myself then: there is a definition, but unfortunately that definition is sans-actions of the parties held to the legal standard compared to allowed actions enumerated by parties to whom the express, actionable authority is granted under proposed law in (b)(1). tl;dr - Pilots may not engage in action(s) that constitute a 'threat', nebulously defined, but the AG may engage in action(s) in response, more expressly defined. At least that's how I've initially read the proposed changes to this Reauthorization bill. Edit: fwiw, I think we're both in agreement, however the ends-that the proposal does not go far enough to detail the actions of operators.
wahern 8y ago
"Eiusdem generis: Of the same kind, class, or nature. In statutory construction, the 'ejusdem generis rule' is that where general words follow an enumeration of persons or things, by words of a particular and specific meaning, such general words are not to be construed in their widest extent, but are to be held as applying only to persons or things of the same general kind or class as those specifically mentioned." https://thelawdictionary.org/ejusdem-generis/ https://thelawdictionary.org/ejusdem-generis/ "Noscitur a sociis: A latin term for 'it is known by the company it keeps', it is the concept that the intended meaning of an ambiguous word depends on the context in which it is used." https://thelawdictionary.org/noscitur-a-sociis/ https://thelawdictionary.org/noscitur-a-sociis/

iamdave 8y ago

Perhaps I should clarify myself then: there is a definition, but unfortunately that definition is sans-actions of the parties held to the legal standard compared to allowed actions enumerated by parties to whom the express, actionable authority is granted under proposed law in (b)(1). tl;dr - Pilots may not engage in action(s) that constitute a 'threat', nebulously defined, but the AG may engage in action(s) in response, more expressly defined. At least that's how I've initially read the proposed changes to this Reauthorization bill. Edit: fwiw, I think we're both in agreement, however the ends-that the proposal does not go far enough to detail the actions of operators.

wahern 8y ago

"Eiusdem generis: Of the same kind, class, or nature. In statutory construction, the 'ejusdem generis rule' is that where general words follow an enumeration of persons or things, by words of a particular and specific meaning, such general words are not to be construed in their widest extent, but are to be held as applying only to persons or things of the same general kind or class as those specifically mentioned." https://thelawdictionary.org/ejusdem-generis/ https://thelawdictionary.org/ejusdem-generis/ "Noscitur a sociis: A latin term for 'it is known by the company it keeps', it is the concept that the intended meaning of an ambiguous word depends on the context in which it is used." https://thelawdictionary.org/noscitur-a-sociis/ https://thelawdictionary.org/noscitur-a-sociis/