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In reply to the discussion: Biden wants to remove this controversial word from US laws [View all]Dukkha
(7,341 posts)42. "political corect speech police!"
Is what people who don't understand how the law or syntax works would say.
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I'm guessing that he means amending numerous lines of the U.S. Code and I figure that.....
EarnestPutz
Jan 2021
#22
I knew that DU would bring this into focus. Now I remember that "Congress makes the laws and.....
EarnestPutz
Jan 2021
#48
This is a matter of legal precision. Alien has many meanings. Noncitizen is clear and concise.
Midnight Writer
Jan 2021
#13
It also ties them to the "Alien and Sedition Acts" which were legal frameworks for....
EarnestPutz
Jan 2021
#45
Good!! Using alien is bad enough...but the rethugs always use the adjective illegal with it.
iluvtennis
Jan 2021
#33
I remember when I was very young my mother (Canadian) had to register every year...
George II
Jan 2021
#43
Yes indeed, we have it. This was before computers and word processing - hand typed:
George II
Jan 2021
#67
This is one of those cases where it makes sense politically and is easier to understand.
Renew Deal
Jan 2021
#71