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Today's Telegram editorial is almost perfect. Just add two words to the last line, and it's perfectly perfect:

Separating fact from fantasy
By The Telegram

Supreme Court Judge Garrett Handrigan in Grand Bank doesn’t suffer fools gladly. As judges go, he tends to be direct and to the point, and it makes reading his verdicts a useful exercise in understanding the basic, untrammeled law.

Wednesday brought his verdict in an appeal by Rick Bouzan and George Nichol. It’s a case that should be required reading for anyone who’s thinking of fighting the federal government’s jurisdiction over the fishery.

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It might take more guts to point out that there is a huge difference between what is actually the law, and what is popular, but wishful, thinking.

If you disagree, read the verdict. It deals with fact, not fiction, Ryan Cleary.