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Why on earth do you think high reading level is a skill that correlates with the ability to parse legislation? I've literally had somebody trained in law try to explain specific laws to me and be completely wrong. Knowing long words isn't going to help you. A similar argument applies for your other examples.
If you're reading a technical document aimed at professionals in the field, I literally don't care what your reading level is: you're probably not going to correctly parse the text unless you have the background knowledge the text assumes you have.
If you're reading an article aimed at a general audience, then congratulations: it's already written in a way that you can understand it, because it's aimed at a general audience. If nobody could read it, nobody would buy it.
Do you have a sixth grade reading level? Otherwise I don't think this helps your argument. Meaning, your sixth grade + reading level helped you best the lawyer.
No, I went and fact checked with different lawyers, since I understand that parsing legislation isn't something that's performed particularly well by laymen.
How did you fact check with different lawyers?
By talking to them. I don't know what point you're getting at.