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To: mph who wrote (331275)10/29/2009 5:33:43 PM
From: DMaA  Read Replies (2) of 793983
 
What exactly does "shall" mean?

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That was Booker and Justice Scalia was quite cocky as to "shall" does not mean "may." But somehow he found a new dictionary when it came time to write the opinion in Castle Rock v. Gonzales, and decided that he would interpret the Colorado statute at issue so that every shall was magically turned to a discretionary shall or a may.
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