The senator’s discriminatory intent
| Autor: | Otto Santa Ana |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
050101 languages & linguistics
Plaintiff Constitution media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 050801 communication & media studies Legislation Social group 0508 media and communications Legal evidence State (polity) Law Political science 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Racial bias Legislator media_common |
| Zdroj: | Language, Culture and Society. 1:168-193 |
| ISSN: | 2543-3156 2543-3164 |
| Popis: | This is a critical analysis of the discourse of an elected state official in the years leading up to the passage of arguably racist legislation. It was submitted to a U.S. court of law to support the plaintiffs’ claim that since the legislator publicly expressed racial bias against the groups of people affected by the law, then his legislation should be voided because the United States Constitution requires that laws treat citizens equally. The fact that critical discourse analytic findings have been entered into the U.S. courts leads to the question whether such analyses of public pronouncements May ever be permitted to serve as legally probative evidence. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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