{"id":1318,"date":"2013-02-10T21:06:21","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T02:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.insidethe.com\/blog\/?p=1318"},"modified":"2013-02-10T21:06:21","modified_gmt":"2013-02-11T02:06:21","slug":"legislation-if-it-tries-to-do-everything-itll-probably-not-do-anything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insidethe.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/legislation-if-it-tries-to-do-everything-itll-probably-not-do-anything\/","title":{"rendered":"Legislation &#8211; if it tries to do everything it&#8217;ll probably not do anything"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is an old saying, &#8220;If you don&#8217;t stand for something you&#8217;ll fall for anything.&#8221; The saying comes to mind when I see this video. If a law has so many clauses that you can&#8217;t understand it then it probably can mean whatever you want it to mean. Is the nation any better when politicians make complicated and granular laws or simpler straightforward laws that can be enforced by judges, not\u00a0politicians?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/svGDZOW-brA\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is an old saying, &#8220;If you don&#8217;t stand for something you&#8217;ll fall for anything.&#8221; The saying comes to mind when I see this video. If a law has so many clauses that you can&#8217;t understand it then it probably can mean whatever you want it to mean. 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