[CLUE-Talk] HR.3799 -- Can Anyone Interpret

[David L. Willson]

I thought 'legalese' was the first real-world implementation of one-way
encryption,  but I'll take a swing at it.

The supreme court will not hear cases where someone is attempting to sue
a government [official] for acknowledging God as sovereign.

That is the least lossy translation I can offer.

 On Tue, 2004-03-23 at 11:10, Jed S. Baer wrote:
> Legalese here, anyone want to take a crack at a layman's English?
> 
> http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:H.R.3799:
> 
> Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Supreme Court
> shall not have jurisdiction to review, by appeal, writ of certiorari, or
> otherwise, any matter to the extent that relief is sought against an
> element of Federal, State, or local government, or against an officer of
> Federal, State, or local government (whether or not acting in official
> personal capacity), by reason of that element's or officer's
> acknowledgement of God as the sovereign source of law, liberty, or
> government.