• randomaccount43543@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Now thinking about it in terms of mathematical logic, the DoJ and Supreme Court‘s interpretations is wrong:

    It’s actually a law of logic (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Morgan's_laws) that says that:

    not (A and B and C)

    is equal to

    (not A) or (not B) or (not C)

    In this case:

    The defendant is eligible for relief if he does not (A and B and C)

    Which is the same as

    The defendant is a eligible for relief if he does (not A) or (not B) or (not C)

    Which is not what the DoJ is saying. The DoJ is saying that

    not (A and B and C)

    is equal to

    (not A) and (not B) and (not C)