Discussion for article #223412
What this woman did was really bad, but SCOTUS is right here.
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However, it is OK by the conservative members of the Supreme Court to reach into someone’s bathroom cabinet and take away their birth control pills according to an international religious treaty in the Old Testament written by 600-year-old men who rode around on dinosaurs? You betcha.
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Yeah, this is the best possible outcome. There was real concern that Scalia & Co. would use this case as a means of undermining federal treaty powers. I’m glad they kept the scope limited. There’s a fascinating Radiolab short on the matter: http://www.radiolab.org/story/sex-ducks-and-founding-feud/
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I agree. Too many prosecutors these days like to “sex it up” by massaging case details to go for some ridiculous crime…much of it “terror” related.
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We won’t reach into your kitchen, but we certainly will reach into your bedroom.
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This is why we need to be careful with laws concocted in response to a single horrific incident (a la the PATRIOT Act and 9/11). Tools given to the government will be used for purposes not originally intended.
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This law enforcement behavior is just a small taste of a much larger problem. It has been decades since I felt law enforcement officers were there to help me, and I’m a completely law abiding citizen. Every time one gets close to me, I become nervous.