RHETOR 20 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Paratext, Simulacrum, Hyperreality
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Variability of interpretation and indeterminacy of intention/ literal meaning. Trying to determine if there are grounds for a company to contest the order because it"s affecting employee productivity. State of wa and state of mi v. trump. Oral arguments conducted by teleconference at the 9th circuit court. Were trump"s statements about the muslim ban during the campaign relevant to this executive order - matter of interpretation; lawyers read the order as a ban and thinks the eo should be interpreted in that light. Example of struggle to separate text from paratext. Looking at judges who heard the case. Two white males and one younger female. We know that how a body looks does not define their politics, but we also look at a face and hold assumptions about their beliefs. Education also does not necessarily define what career you can have. There is the language, but also the concrete reality. A car that hits you can kill you.
