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SCOTUS disagrees with you. “Shall” sometimes = “May”

Posted on: September 12, 2022 at 22:11:12 CT
Spanky KU
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Only “Must” = “Must”

See Gutierrez de Martinez v. Lamagno

Here are some references that say to use the word “must” instead of “shall”:

Black’s Law Dictionary (https://thelawdictionary.org/shall/ )
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
The Federal Register Document Drafting Handbook (Section 3)
Federal Plain Writing Act
The Federal Plain Language Guidelines (page 25)
FAA Plain Language Writing Order 1000.36, (page 4)

Edited by Spanky at 15:19:22 on 11/29/22
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     RE: Don's lawyers argued in filing today that while federal law - MOCO SON MU - 9/13 08:38:48
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     RE: Don's lawyers argued in filing today that while federal law - scan MU - 9/13 07:27:16
     The Constitution trumps Federal law. The SC has ruled the - BH O'bonga MU - 9/13 06:17:47
          the Constitution is federal law - pickle MU - 9/13 07:14:26
               Constitution is federal law: If you don't understand the - BH O'bonga MU - 9/13 08:05:22
     What does “shall not be infringed” mean?(nm) - El-ahrairah BAMA - 9/13 05:07:12
     SCOTUS disagrees with you. “Shall” sometimes = “May” - Spanky KU - 9/12 22:11:12
          Shall is still used correctly in some (all?) Military regs - tigerfans3 MSSU - 9/13 07:19:37
          Incorrect. If a law maker meant "may" he writes "may", - raskolnikov MU - 9/12 22:13:50
               "Shall not be infringed" - Bulldog Bob Brown STL - 9/13 06:23:28
                    Of course(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 9/13 06:42:12
                         Then why do you support so many infringements - ummmm MU - 9/13 06:46:47
                              Amendments can be amended, that's why(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 9/13 07:35:13
                                   It hasn't been amended though. (nm) - ummmm MU - 9/13 08:17:20
                         Excellent. Nice to see you come around to freedom - Bulldog Bob Brown STL - 9/13 06:46:08
                              Boom - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 9/13 06:56:04
               Educate yourself. I gave you the tools - Spanky KU - 9/12 22:41:37
               Shall is an ambiguous word, legally. It can mean either - TigerJackSwartz MU - 9/12 22:17:22
                    Using a word incorrectly does not make it ambiguous - tigerfans3 MSSU - 9/13 07:22:23
                    He doesn’t understand - Spanky KU - 9/12 22:43:11
     WGAF, you Commie fvck? - jonesin - 9/12 22:03:54
          Legal counsel for your hero FILES argument opposed to - raskolnikov MU - 9/12 22:06:34
               Educate yourself, dumb@$$ - Spanky KU - 9/12 22:51:44
               Go kill a baby and suck a BBC, boy - jonesin - 9/12 22:07:35
                    I oppose abortion friend, but "BBC" does that excite you?(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 9/12 22:10:22
                         You rotten Bastards do excite me. - jonesin - 9/12 22:16:06




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