Re: gulf of america

On Tue, 11 Feb 2025 23:12:24 -0000 (UTC), badgolferman wrote :

In official US government documentation they certainly do have direct
say.
 

 It's international waters. No they don't.  Countries can choose to name places within their own borders whatever they
like. The Gulf of Mexico is not within the US's jurisdiction. 

 Yes he does. His executive order to rename the body of water is pertinent
to US federal documents. He's not forcing the international community to
change their documents.

I find it interesting that others think a government can't direct its
workers to use certain naming conventions in their official documents.
While I don't care what that gulf is called, the federal government has
every right to call it whatever they want to call it. The states have every
right to call it something else in their documents, unless... and this is
important... unless the Federal law forbids them from doing so. That rule extends down from the top of the states to the bottom (e.g., at
every local level of government down to, oh, I guess the county & town).
As long as the Federal government doesn't forbid it, the states can do
whatever they want, but if the government forbids it, the states can't.
It would be interesting if anyone knows how the law is written (and no, I
didn't click on any link as it's not a problem set I'm dealing with now).
Note: Putin recently renamed "North America" to "Anglo Saxon America".