A Shameful Day for the Court of Appeals . . . and Oregon.
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by: Ryan • January 12, 2012 • no comments
Today, St v. Ofodrinwa was argued before the Oregon Supreme Court. The argument is on the web, and it can be found here.
The attorneys are both excellent, but I think there's way too much focus on legislative history, which tends to be somewhat confused in the best of circumstances.
Rather, there are two significant problems with interpreting the law the way the state urges. Two absurdities are created that no one, I submit absolutely no one, could have intended. Those two problems are discussed in this post, which I wrote in a rage when the COA opinion in Ofodrinwa was released.
