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Reply #10: Never mind him. She introduced the first ever use of the term "undocumented immigrant" ! YAY! [View All]

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Hekate

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Wed Dec-09-09 10:35 AM
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10. Never mind him. She introduced the first ever use of the term "undocumented immigrant" ! YAY!

Good for the new Justice! :applause: In court precedence, each word matters.

Hekate

> In an otherwise dry opinion, Justice Sotomayor did introduce one new and politically charged term into the Supreme Court lexicon.

> Justice Sotomayor’s opinion in the case, Mohawk Industries v. Carpenter, No. 08-678, marked the first use of the term “undocumented immigrant,” according to a legal database. The term “illegal immigrant” has appeared in a dozen decisions.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/09/us/09sotomayor.html?_r=1

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