When many laws are passed into existence, the wording isn\u2019t always clear. The courts are tuning things up.<\/p>\n
When laws are passed in the first place, they are generally drafted, read, molded, mashed, squashed and mauled about until they \u201csound\u201d like they are what the legislators want. Having said that, you can bet your bottom dollar that in many cases, the legislation isn\u2019t that clear and therein lies the legal dilemma.<\/p>\n
The law is mostly about precise wording because if it wasn\u2019t, you could drive a truck through some of the holes that exists in legislation today. And in fact, this is what this article is about \u2013 the paring back or down of a section of law that was broadly interpreted to mean something it does not. This whole new development came about thanks to federal prosecutors chasing down corruption cases; cases brought against public officials and others in the public sector.<\/p>\n