100% LogosIt's all logos here. In case you didn't notice, this text is a law, widely known as the most boring kind of thing you could ever read. All the emotional appeals and arguments of authority...

Legal DocumentOh, legal documents. Can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em, but like death and taxes, you can't avoid them. In a way, this isn't the worst thing. Legal docs like laws and acts h...

Long-leash LegaleseWe mention over in the Tough-o-Meter section that the language of this document is a startlingly poetic style known as legalese. It's dry, it's super-duper official, and it plays...

"An Act to Promote the Defense of the United States," informally known as the "Lend-Lease Act," is a law (or Act) written, believe it or not, with the intent to promote the safety (or Defense) of t...

A Bill. Further to promote the defense of the United States, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,...

SEC. 11 . If any provision of this Act or the application of such provision to any circumstance shall be held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the Act and the applicability of such provisi...

(7) Snow LineIf you're a law school graduate, then this text is a piece of cake. A cakewalk. (Although, if you think about it, it'd be pretty hard to walk on cake.) But chances are you're not a law...

Governmental ReferencesUnited States of America (1, 2.a.4, 3.a.1-2, 5.b-d, 7, 8, 10)U.S. Senate (1, 5.b)U.S. House of Representatives (1, 5.b)President of the United States (3.a, 3.a.1, 3. b-c, 4,...

Oh, Canada! You're too often considered America's hat, but hats off to you for coming up with your own version of Lend-Lease, known as "Mutual Aid." (Source) Lend-Lease is usually talked about as b...