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A few style thoughts about today's 3rd Circuit ruling smacking down the Trump Campaign's latest attempt to overturn the election results. Judge Bibas is fast becoming one of my favorite writers on the federal appellate bench. https://www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Trump.pdf /1
First, notice how he moves effortlessly from "Trump Presidential Campaign" to just "Campaign" without the silly and unnecessary parenthetical (hereinafter "Campaign"). He knows we know which Campaign he means. /2
Next, look as these teeny tiny transition words. They do lots of nearly-invisible work to move the reader effortlessly through the paragraph. /3
You love to see it. /4
The elegant way he describes statutory provisions throughout the opinion. Short, easy sentences that simplify the complex. /5
His judicious use of informal phrasing here /6
And here /7
OK, I could have done without this phrase. Yeet this word into the sun (along with seminal, while we're at it). /8
It's worth reading the whole thing. Every sentence feels accessible for lay readers and attorneys alike. /fin
