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This may be a tangent. Can the US govt be charged for typos and mistakes in legal documents or for delays? I have never seen such attrocious imbalance of power
by nine_zeros 6y ago
This may be a tangent. Can the US govt be charged for typos and mistakes in legal documents or for delays?
I have never seen such attrocious imbalance of power.
No wonder foreigners are wary of coming to the US
- gpm 6y agoWith nearly every criminal law, I assume including this one (but I didn't check), there is an element of "mens rea" or in plain English your only guilty if you intended to commit the crime. A typo would not qualify.
- nine_zeros 6y agoI would recommend you check. US laws are really f-ed up in many ways.
- aspenmayer 6y agoA contract is interpreted against its drafter.[1] I don’t know if or how this legal doctrine applies to sovereign governments, however. The government and its representatives are immune to certain kinds of legal interference, which this kind of legalistic spelling dispute may be be considered to be. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contra_proferentem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contra_proferentem
- TheSpiceIsLife 6y agoIt’s true, some of us are. There’s no way I’d step foot in US territory. I’d sooner visit China or Russia, to be honest. I know I’m not alone.
- ryanhuff 6y agoIs it really surprising? China has been wholesale ripping off American (and other) companies and government for years. Do you expect the government to blindly let this theft continue without a serious response?
- nine_zeros 6y agoAs posted in the original post, I was posting a tangent about US laws. Specifically the charges listed in the original post are about misrepresentation on some stupid form.
- unishark 6y agoI have made multiple mistakes on government forms over the years. Sometimes they send me a letter notifying me it needs to be fixed. Other times they just fix it.