[Jeff Gordon]

For example, can the supreme court legally re-define the color, 'red,' to include some shades of yellow or orange which have heretofore been defined as a wave lengths existing between specific high and low frequency limits?

The Supreme Court does not need to get into re-defining colors. Our government has already done so.

Take at look a traffic signals. Is the Red light really red? Is the green light really green? No, they are not. About 20% of all males are Red/Green color blind. If the traffic signals were pure Red and Green, these color blind people could not see them. The actual color of the Red and Green signals have been adjusted (re-defined) so the color blind people can see them.

So yes, the SCOTUS and other government agencies and representitives can re-define words. Look at what Billy Boy did for the definition of "sex."

[Sacajaweau]

I think it's the position of the red/green lights that is the primary cue to color blind folks not the color.

[Eastbound]

"So yes, the SCOTUS and other government agencies and representitives can re-define words. Look at what Billy Boy did for the definition of "sex.""

Well, you have a point. I'll consider that. ;->

Thanks for the information on traffic lights. Wondered why I always got off late when the 'tree' lit up. :-)

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Aren't traffic lights uniform, with red on the bottom, yellow in the middle, and green on top? Doesn't this then mean that the colors serve no purpose?