QuotePeople constantly complain about lack of regulation without realizing how tremendously regulated the whole financial market already is and how many unintended consequences such an incredibly complex framework of regulations ensures,
Quite a number of years ago there was a trial involving alleged violation of some arcane securities rules.
Basically, the jurors couldn't figure out what was allegedly done or what the law actually said. The judge, asked for clarification, simply quoted the law to the jurors; the verbiage was couched in legalese so dense it might as well have been written in !Kung.
So, being unable to figure out what the government's case actually
was. the jurors acquitted on all counts.