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Lopez, backed by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, had claimed the English-only petitions violated the Voting Rights Act.

What B.S. You support an initiative by signing it. You oppose it by not signing. You prove you're an idiot by signing something you haven't read or understood.

If a petition drive wants the support of American citizens who for some mysterious reason can't read English, then it is up to them to get it translated. But, since the letter of the law when it comes to the courts is going to be WHAT IT SAYS IN ENGLISH, then it is pretty dumb to base your support on what it says in a translation. Legal subtleties translate poorly.

6 posted on 06/19/2006 12:38:44 PM PDT by LexBaird ("Politically Correct" is the politically correct term for "F*cking Retarded". - Psycho Bunny)

But, since the letter of the law when it comes to the courts is going to be WHAT IT SAYS IN ENGLISH, then it is pretty dumb to base your support on what it says in a translation. Legal subtleties translate poorly.

I was wondering the same thing. It's no wonder they haven't demanded that the Constitution, and all statutes for that matter, be translated. Is that next?

7 posted on 06/19/2006 12:41:33 PM PDT by calcowgirl ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." P. J. O'Rourke)

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