The Volokh Conspiracy - And, In Some Judicial Opinions, It Hasn't Been:

"With some statutes punctuation has been used to indicate that a phrase set off by commas is independent of the language that followed."

-- United States v. Sablan, 92 F.3d 865, 867 (9th Cir. 1996).

	[Orin Kerr, May 31, 2009 at 12:13pm] Trackbacks And, In Some Judicial Opinions, It Hasn't Been: "With some statutes punctuation has been used to indicate that a phrase set off by commas is independent of the language that followed." -- United States v. Sablan, 92 F.3d 865, 867 (9th Cir. 1996).