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I've heard of the letter of the law and the spirit of the law, but not the color of the law. Is that what Pocahontas was singing about? Or is it some weird triumvirate of bureaucracy? In the name of the Letter, the Color, and the Holy Spirit of the Law?
I know it exists, because of an album I love called “under color of official right,” and I heard the singer talking about where the name came from, some Detroit politician was charged “under color of official right.”
But here’s the legalpedia definition of “color of law:”
🎵You can own the Earth and still
All you'll own is Earth until
You can paint with all the colors of the ~~wind~~ law🎵