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ikeboyyesterday at 4:19 PM1 replyview on HN

When an appeals court rules on one issue that's enough to decide the case, they often don't rule on the remaining issues.

Anyway I don't see how you'd word a law that only applies to the cases you like and not the ones you don't.

Also, other people will like different cases than you, including the judge and jury in whatever case gets brought based on the statute you're proposing.


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ceejayozyesterday at 4:21 PM

> Anyway I don't see how you'd word a law that only applies to the cases you like and not the ones you don't.

Terms like "willful" and "intent" are all over our laws and would work just fine here. Assessing that is why we have juries.