MARBLEHEAD, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts town says it has a letter from the U.S. Supreme Court backing them in their cause that the word gerrymander is pronounced with a hard ‘g.’
The Marblehead Board of Selectmen says they wrote a letter in June to Chief Justice John Roberts asking the court to use Marblehead’s preferred pronunciation for gerrymander (GEHR’-ee-MAN’-dur).
The Boston Globe reports the town received a response July 9 from the counselor to the chief justice saying Roberts agreed with them. The word comes from a cartoon critiquing President James Madison’s vice president, Elbridge Gerry (GEHR’-ee).
The letter was sent at the request of Carolyn Stanton, who previously asked her grandson — comedian John Mulaney — to bring up the issue during a late night talk TV show appearance, which he did.
- Posted August 01, 2018
- Tweet This | Share on Facebook
High court to pronounce 'Gerrymandering' with hard 'G' sound
headlines Oakland County
headlines National
- This Los Angeles lawyer found her calling as a death doula
- ACLU and BigLaw firm use ‘Orange is the New Black’ in hashtag effort to promote NY jail reform
- Artificial intelligence tools for brief writing and analysis are a small firm litigator’s new best friend
- Baker McKenzie partner drops suit seeking IRS documents on partnership scrutiny
- Family members sue networks after learning of loved ones’ deaths by seeing bodies on TV
- Ex-BigLaw attorney once ‘consumed with remorse’ over $10M client theft sentenced in new scheme