Let me get to the point I want to make. ``De minimis'' is probably no worse than ``reasonable cause'' or other general terms that are used in the Constitution. That is not my point. My point is that we have gone through 200-plus years of litigation determining what those words that are in the Constitution mean, and now we are about to set off 200 more years of litigation about what the term ``de minimis'' means.
Discussing the implications of the term 'de minimis' in constitutional litigation.
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