This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Judges and Judiciary

Nov. 6, 2023

FACTS

It is redundant to refer to facts as true. It is illogical to refer to facts as false. If they are false, they are not facts. Facts simply are.

How about another pedantic, I mean informative “how to” column for a change? The previous sentence is an example of ambiguity. If the column is yet “another,” that signifies it happens often or at least with some regularity. If so, why the words “for a change”? On second thought, maybe the sentence is ok. The “for a change” part is a touch of irony.

It is your option, dear reader, to ignore the previous paragraph. But the meaning of the se...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Sign up for Daily Journal emails