Parties can find the same statutory language clear while reading it differently.

Evidence

The thing that concerns me is that this language is crystal-clear to you; it is crystal-clear to Mr. Dunn, it is crystal-clear to Mr. Crawford, but you are all looking through different crystals. — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process, 531

Categorization

• CANDY: A witty, compact line usable as an elevator quip about interpretive disagreement.
• XREF: Speaks directly to the law-course theme of legal interpretation and why statutory clarity is illusory. — connects to: Drafters deliberately used flexible standards for timing but specific rules for scope. — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process: Basic Problems in…, 526