Practice writing like a Supreme Court justice
Consider this wordy version of a passage from Justice Gorsuch’s concurrence in the TikTok case. Then, try to rewrite it concisely and clearly—just like he did..
Write it like Justice Gorsuch
Wordy version (88 words, 462 characters):
Let us begin by contemplating some of the potential alternatives. One starting point is the remedy that this Court has traditionally regarded as both the usual and preferred one under the First Amendment—namely, the facilitation of additional speech. While it is important to note that such a remedy might provide some degree of assistance, the evidentiary record indicates that alerting individuals to the dangers of sharing their data with an application under the control of a foreign adversary would not serve to safeguard the data of nonusers.
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