Dam, I'll have to keep my clothes on!djklmnop said:
Thank you Ruth Ginsburg. (Liberal Judge)Jim Chinn said:I think there was a thread about this back in 2004 if someone wants to search for it.
From what I understand it is currently in effect.
As someone else stated, this is aimed at pornographers who use under age actors. I don't think it will have much effect on on-line porn as most of those sites originate outside the boundries of the US.
I would be much mor concerned about yesterdays Supreme Court ruling that allows governments to sieze private property for what they can determine are economic growth interests. Goes against over 200 years of government use of iminent domain for only public work uses such as highways, schools,
military bases etc.
Now if a developer or corporation can convince a local government that your property would make a good location for a shopping mall or business park it can be condemend and siezed (with just compensation) and you have no say in the matter.
Ruth is not the only one to blame, it takes 5 judges and one was conservative and atleast one was moderate to conservative.Louis Nargi said:Thank you Ruth Ginsburg. (Liberal Judge)
mrcallow said:I fear JD that the powers that be (either those now or the next to come) will no longer need direct attacks against our liberties. They simply will sell the infringement as an upgrade, a meaningless side effect of needed law or simply call it exactly what it isn't. As a whole the american public seems to be easily manipulated, have a very short attention span and simply does not want to pay attention or dig deeper. Many here, on both sides, appear to be just the opposite, but the greater populace couldn't be bothered.
Shaggy said:RE: eminent domain stuff.
The states can write their own laws regarding this. 11 currently prohibit the transfer of property for economic reasons. Apparently Connecticut is not one of them.
I don't wish to quibble, but which right would that be? This is one issue that ticks off both the Left and Right!Rlibersky said:[...] I believe this is truely a "right" that is in the constitution being lost.
JD Morgan said:The final ballot usually has a high lead composition.
noseoil said:The original intent of the constitution was to limit the power of GOVERNMENT. Somwhere along the line things went wrong.
Robert Bork was looked upon as a throw-back to the times of the dinosaur because of his penchant for interpretation of "original intent" with respect to the constitution. At this point, it doesn't look too bad to me. tim
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