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The standards we use to make judgments are often ambiguous. For example, in judgingsomeone’s character, we might consider whether that person is fair, honest, and reasonable. To theextent that standards such as “fair” and “honest” and “reasonable” do not have universal meanings, theyare ambiguous.
As you are well aware by this time, courts are not exempt from this tendency to use ambiguous standards in judging. The facts of a case are important in determining how ambiguous standards will be applied.
An important critical thinking skill is the ability to recognize ambiguous language in a court’sopinion, for without this recognition, you are not prepared to make an informed decision about whether the court’s application of standards was merited by the facts of the case. The questions that follow are intended to help you improve this critical thinking skill.
1. To demonstrate your ability to recognize ambiguous language, identify at least two examples of such language in the court’s opinion in each of the Case 16-2 and Cases 17-2 & 17-3, that is, six examples and explain each of them based on the cases.