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Does “And” Mean “And”? Or “Or”? The Supreme Court Will Decide.

It’s a riveting, baffling, and/or solemn day in this country when the highest court must step in to adjudicate a definitional dispute as basic as this: Does “and” mean “and”? Or does it mean “or”? Lower courts want to know. As do legal scholars, criminal defendants, and copy editors everywhere. The Supreme Court heard oral […]

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