• shalafi@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    LITERALLY the first words of the United States Code:

    §1. Words denoting number, gender, and so forth

    In determining the meaning of any Act of Congress, unless the context indicates otherwise-

    words importing the singular include and apply to several persons, parties, or things;

    words importing the plural include the singular;

    words importing the masculine gender include the feminine as well;

    words used in the present tense include the future as well as the present;

    the words “insane” and “insane person” shall include every idiot, insane person, and person non compos mentis;

    the words “person” and “whoever” include corporations, companies, associations, firms, partnerships, societies, and joint stock companies, as well as individuals;

    [emphasis mine]

    The Supreme Court was right, the law is wrong. Undo this shit.