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bobbyw24
12-11-2009, 01:01 PM
Keeping with her race-conscious and activist judicial philosophy, Justice Sonia Sotomayor has made her Supreme Court debut by introducing a pair of new terms aimed at describing illegal immigrants in a more friendly and politically correct way.

A former top policy maker at the leftist Puerto Rico Legal Defense and Education Fund (PRLDEF), Sotomayor used “undocumented immigrant” and “undocumented worker” in lieu of illegal immigrant in her first opinion (Mohawk Industries, Inc. vs. Carpenter) as a Supreme Court Justice. The Supreme Court had never before used the phrase “undocumented immigrant” though “illegal immigrant” has appeared in a dozen decisions.

Liberal legal scholars and immigration advocates are cheering Sotomayor’s choice of words, praising her as a jurist who has made a difference by penning just one opinion. A well-known California public university law professor wrote on his legal blog that Sotomayor has added significantly to the Supreme Court's dialogue on immigration, which is likely to be with us for the foreseeable future.

This sort of inappropriate activism by a high-ranking judge his hardly new, though it’s largely unprecedented on the nation’s High Court. Just last year the chief justice of Arizona’s Supreme Court got blasted for enforcing the Hispanic Bar Association’s demands of banning the terms “illegal” and “aliens” in all of the state’s courtrooms.

Chief Justice Ruth McGregor, who has since stepped down, agreed with the influential Latino attorney group (known as Los Abogados) that the terms are dehumanizing and inflammatory and ordered judges statewide to stop using them at trails or hearings because they create perceptions of judicial bias. Among the acceptable terms, according to the directive, are “foreign nationals,” “unauthorized workers” and “human rights advocates.”

As for Sotomayor, this first opinion is certain to be a tiny snippet of what lies ahead. Since President Obama announced her nomination earlier this year, Judicial Watch has extensively investigated her storied judicial career and published a series of informative documents detailing her improper political activities as well as her prejudicial and racial comments over the years.

[http://www.judicialwatch.org/story/2009/jun/sonia-sotomayor

Reason
12-11-2009, 01:04 PM
“undocumented immigrant” is prob what I would use.

Illegal Alien is dumb

Undocumented Worker is dumb

Undocumented Person is dumb

paulpwns
12-11-2009, 01:05 PM
i always liked unarmed invaders

bobbyw24
12-11-2009, 01:05 PM
§ 1325. Improper entry by alien


(a) Improper time or place; avoidance of examination or inspection; misrepresentation and concealment of facts

Any alien who


(1) enters or attempts to enter the United States at any time or place other than as designated by immigration officers, or

(2) eludes examination or inspection by immigration officers, or

(3) attempts to enter or obtains entry to the United States by a willfully false or misleading representation or the willful concealment of a material fact, shall, for the first commission of any such offense, be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both, and, for a subsequent commission of any such offense, be fined under title 18, or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.

(b) Improper time or place; civil penalties
Any alien who is apprehended while entering (or attempting to enter) the United States at a time or place other than as designated by immigration officers shall be subject to a civil penalty of—
(1) at least $50 and not more than $250 for each such entry (or attempted entry); or
(2) twice the amount specified in paragraph (1) in the case of an alien who has been previously subject to a civil penalty under this subsection.
Civil penalties under this subsection are in addition to, and not in lieu of, any criminal or other civil penalties that may be imposed.

zach
12-11-2009, 01:08 PM
lol,

PC makes everyone feel better.

apropos
12-11-2009, 01:14 PM
From Owell's essay, Politics and the English Language:

Consider for instance some comfortable English professor defending Russian totalitarianism. He cannot say outright, "I believe in killing off your opponents when you can get good results by doing so." Probably, therefore, he will say something like this:

"While freely conceding that the Soviet regime exhibits certain features which the humanitarian may be inclined to deplore, we must, I think, agree that a certain curtailment of the right to political opposition is an unavoidable concomitant of transitional periods, and that the rigors which the Russian people have been called upon to undergo have been amply justified in the sphere of concrete achievement."

The inflated style itself is a kind of euphemism. A mass of Latin words falls upon the facts like soft snow, blurring the outline and covering up all the details. The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out ink.

Danke
12-12-2009, 05:49 PM
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Dunedain
12-12-2009, 06:03 PM
"Alien" is the correct legal term as Bobby pointed out not "undocumented worker".

However, my preference for common usage is "foreign intruder" or "enemy invader". The Chinese built the Great Wall to protect them against enemy invaders and intruders, not undocumented workers. I see our foreigner invasion problem as the same type of national issue.

I can understand Sotomyer's position however. She has alliegence to the invading central american countries and not the U.S. so she is trying to paint these criminals in the best light possible. That's why it is important not to let anti-Americans into the country in the first place.

It is our fault our traitors and treasonous politicians appointed her to the supreme court.