Bright-line test

always uttered in the negative — i.e., “sadly, there’s no bright line test” — a bright line test is a metaphysical concept that does not exist as a matter of US Law. It is a US attorney’s means of evading any responsibility for anything she says or does, instantly rendering any legal opinion she may have written to you totally worthless.

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