09-24-2020, 11:23 PM
McChimp;10818 Wrote:Whatever bureaucratic writing standards apply to the US legal system do not apply here. Imitating them can only serve to make legislation less accessible to our citizens.
Those “bureaucratic writing standards” do apply here as well.
Must is most definitely more significant than shall. A quick google search of the definition of shall is:
“2. expressing a strong assertion or intention. "they shall succeed"”
Expressing strong intention is not the same as an action that is required (must).
Secondly, how can a proposal such as this limit citizens’ access? Sounds like a cop-out to me.