> standard legalese hard to interpret Indeed. We should know what the law is, without first hiring a team of lawyers. There's a trend to make laws that are har

> standard legalese hard to interpret Indeed. We should know what the law is, without first hiring a team of lawyers. There's a trend to make laws that are harder and harder for ordinary people to understand. Partly that's a result of having to cut out exceptions and loopholes for lobbyists and donors; but I suspect it's largely because lawmakers are increasingly trained, practising lawyers. If the language you speak is legalese, I guess that's the language you use to write laws.