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Courts use legislative history all the time to determine the meaning of the law when it isn't clear. But just because the rationale for the Patriot Act was terr
by rhino369 12y ago
Courts use legislative history all the time to determine the meaning of the law when it isn't clear. But just because the rationale for the Patriot Act was terrorism, it was never limited to only terrorism.
- beagle3 12y agoCan you point to a place where they have looked at the C-SPAN discussions leading to the law? I was not familiar with the fact that they ever do. They do look at the history of legislation, yes. But the rationale ("commit message") does not appear there.