I followed the link and it led me to a site which had this entry Arizona Supremes Ban Term “Illegal Alien”, Then Threaten To Sue Website For Reporting Story, Obviously, I wanted to learn more about it and once there, I learned that it's source was Juditial Watch which has an ultra-right wing bent where you will find writings about all kinds of conspiracies that reinforce the right wing's paranoia and their cult of 'Victimhood"
This notice is all over the right wing blog rolls and you can feel free to imagine how it is being reported and commented, the interesting part is that there are scant postings in arguing for not calling undocumented immigrants, illegal - personally I think that no human being is illegal and to call anybody by that designation, dehumanizes the person.
I continued to search for any entries which were not as viscerally reactionary, it took a little while but finally I came across a posting at ImmigrationProf Blog - A Member of the Law Professor Blogs Network
who does clarify the facts of the matter - it is not what or how the right-wing-nuts are describing it.
Finally, some sobering balance.
Q: Why aren't more of us refuting the anti-immigrant propaganda and disinformation on the Media and the Internet?
Aurora
Here is the post at ProfBlog with a couple of comments:
November 10, 2008
Correction: Arizona High Court Asked but Has Not Yet Decided to Ban term "illegal Alien" from Courtroom
The media report that the term had been banned, click here. was wrong. I apologize for the earlier posting.
Car Gerchick, communications director for the court said "Those words have not been banned from Arizona courtrooms."
"A letter was sent in from an organization, a local legal organization, asking a court to essentially ban the use of those words."
Gerchick said Chief Justice Ruth McGregor's responded to the group, identified as Los Abogados, and told them she would share the request with the legal community and that no decision has been made.
"Under no circumstances did the Chief Justice McGregor ban any words."
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"Reports that the words "illegal" and "alien" have been banned from Arizona court rooms are false, according to an Arizona Supreme Court official."
Posted by: Daniel M. Kowalski | Nov 10, 2008 12:24:23 PM
Censorship!
Posted by: Thomas Lillich | Nov 10, 2008 1:12:11 PM
It is always a good idea to read articles before posting and commenting upon them.
Judicial Watch published the story to inflame public opinion against illegal immigration and its elitist enablers.
Professor Aldana swallowed the story, hook, line and sinker and posting it has hurt the "undocumented worker" cause.
Read, read, read!
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