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Posted on September 6, 2021 at 02:42 CDT by Max Stul Oppenheimer • Comment in the Forums

LEGAL BRIEF

By Max Stul Oppenheimer, Esq.

In Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens wrote, “The law is a ass …”

He went on to say the law is also an idiot, but there we part company. The law is, in fact, an ass in the sense that it is slow to change and easily spooked by sudden moves.

Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 18.34.0 (2021-09-06).

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