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(''American''). A conceptual exercise bestowing so great a degree of confidence in the mind of a [[U.S. Attorney|member of the New York bar]] that it cannot, as a matter of [[metaphysics|metaphysical]] theory (much less ''legal'' theory) exist. A bright-line test is therefore a [[paradox]]; a kind of unachievable [[Platonic form]]; a sunlit upland to which all [[U.S. attorney]]s wistfully aspire, but which all know, and thank their lucky stars, they will never have to encounter in person.  
(''American''). A conceptual exercise bestowing so great a degree of confidence in the mind of a [[U.S. Attorney|member of the New York bar]] that it cannot, as a matter of [[metaphysics|metaphysical]] theory (much less ''legal'' theory) exist. A bright-line test is therefore a [[paradox]]; a kind of unachievable [[Platonic form]]; a sunlit upland to which all [[U.S. attorney]]s wistfully aspire, but which all know, and thank their lucky stars, they will never have to encounter in person.  
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