> If you rear-end me while I’m stopped at a light, your intent doesn’t matter, only your actions.
Bullshit. If you intended to do it, it’s something like assault or attempted murder. If you didn’t, it’s likely a civil traffic ticket and an insurance claim.
SCOTUS precedent permits use of legislative intent to resolve ambiguously worded legislation, too.
Bullshit. If you intended to do it, it’s something like assault or attempted murder. If you didn’t, it’s likely a civil traffic ticket and an insurance claim.
SCOTUS precedent permits use of legislative intent to resolve ambiguously worded legislation, too.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_v._Southern_Pacific_Co...>
> The rule that penal statutes are to be construed strictly does not permit such a construction as defeats the obvious intention of the legislature.