Legislative interpretation: why it matters!

Note: I’m not interested in hosting discussions about the merits of or difficulties with breastfeeding in this space, so I reserve the right to freeze or delete comments that do so. I’d prefer that you insult neither me nor my mom. The law I’m going to be talking about starts with a legislative finding that “breast is best,” so the fact of that finding is relevant, but that’s it.

Laws, like television shows, require interpretation. This is why John Roberts was dangerously misleading in his confirmation hearings for Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court when he described a judge’s job as “calling balls and strikes.” A judge is often simultaneously setting the boundaries of the strike zone and defining the lines the runners need to follow. Also the shape of the bat and the distance from the mound. Well, I hope you get the point.

( Your body is a battleground; so are your laws )