Jeez. Even the Nazis did not allow just anyone to kill Jews. This guy would permit any asshole with a gun to play judge, jury and executioner… (edit) AND genocide on a whim.
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Judge Gay Dredd
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Surely this is straight out of The Onion.
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It’s a pity she can’t re-name it the “That Kook McCauley Saw An Episode of ‘Modern Family’ Act.”
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I wouldn’t be concerned too much about this. Given that the initiative is so patently “insane, offensive, and clearly unconstitutional” as someone above put it, I can’t see any reason why anyone would vote for it were it to actually make it to the ballot.
We’re all a nation of reasonable people, so it would probably garner one vote, tops. Right?
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Here’s what I found:
Matt McLaughlin, 45, who listed his business address as 19744 Beach Blvd., No. 219 in the Newland Shopping Center in Huntington Beach, CA 92648, filed his notice in late February and it was marked as received on Feb. 26 by the Initiative Coordinator in the California Attorney General’s Office.
McLaughlin proposes to kill “sodomites” to prevent God’s “utter destruction” a la Sodom and Gomorrah.
Furthermore, McLaughlin taps into Russian and Ugandan lingo in seeking to ban “sodomistic propaganda” and would fine offenders $1 million per occurrence and/or up to 10 years in prison and/or banishment for life from California.
Here’s a link to the text of it:
No surprise, he’s a whackjob X-tian extremist. I don’t see how this would ever get on the ballot, but very sad that such hateful individuals as McLaughlin live among us.
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I’ll just take the bottle and a straw please.
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How about I send a ballot initiative to Harris saying it will be permissible for Californians to shoot people in the head if they propose ballot initiatives that will allow them to kill gays on sight? It will be called the ‘Good Riddance Act.’
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“For added convenience, the initiative proposes that any citizen can act as an executioner if the state fails to carry out its duties.”
Vigilante justice – what could possibly go wrong?
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Phantom ‘attorney’ McLaughlin makes one want to counter his proposal with a "Shakespeare: Henry VI__‘Dick the Butcher’ " ballot initiative:** “First thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.”**
First Bumper Sticker: Dead Lawyers Lie Still
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It’s also one of the biggest Republican strongholds in CA - and probably even the West Coast. Look at any California electoral results map and as a county it’s a small island of red surrounded by an ocean of blue. Plastic surgery, BMWs, Ayn Rand cultists and racism are its defining characteristics once you can look past Disneyland.
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Apparently, yes.
Harris might not be able to do anything about it, but I imagine the California bar might have something to say about it.
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Actually, I think the last line of the TPM article has it right. “The paper noted that the California Supreme Court would most likely quash the self-evidently unconstitutional proposal before it ever ended up on the state ballot.”
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But that’s really beside the point. It’s like saying, Anyone can file a lawsuit alleging whatever lie they want. Merely exercising the franchise of citizenship that allows you to file a lawsuit doesn’t mean you’ve won anything at all.
From Brendan James’ piece for TPM:
The paper noted that the California Supreme Court would most likely quash the self-evidently unconstitutional proposal before it ever ended up on the state ballot.
So, what happens is that the AG or someone else with standing refers this to the California SC and phfffft goes the horrible question, never to be put on any ballot.
Someone - Brendan - should put a call into the office of the California state AG that handles ballot initiatives and ask about all the truly nutbar racist porno crazy fruitbat ballot proposals that never made it onto a ballot given the voting public.
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The following information is from the official records of The State Bar of California
Matthew McLaughlin
Address: 19744 Beach Blvd # 219Huntington
Beach, CA 92648
Phone Number: (949) 285-7902
email: Not Available
County: Orange
Undergraduate School:Univ of California Irvine; Irvine CA
District:District 4
Law School:George Mason Univ SOL; VA
You can register an ethics complaint with the State Bar Association by sending in this document:
It would be nice if they heard from a LOT of people! And you don’t have to be a CA resident to file a complaint.
(Now some legalistic mind can make the argument that his actions are not unethical just immoral. That line may be quite narrow, but in any case, his ‘proposal’ should not go unchallenged ASAP.)
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A strip mall lawyer? Should have known.
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Sign the petition to disbar attorney Matthew McLaughlin:
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Yup! A document dump for Shyster McLaughlin. He’s far too cowardly come forward and to stand up for his “beliefs”!
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Oh, absolutely. And that’s the sort of real-life consequence that the guy should face for advocating the murder of innocent Californians.