Tag: government control
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The sex offender registry was sold to you as something that only affected “them.” If you had a problem with it, you could always go to court, right? Wrong. Courts invented technical traps called “standing” and “mootness” to slam the courthouse door shut. If you can’t prove the exact right kind of injury in the…
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The sex offender registry was sold to you as a reasonable, common-sense measure. Judges waved their weakest magic spell — “rational basis review” — and made the Constitution disappear. Under rational basis review, the government barely has to try. If lawmakers can dream up any conceivable reason that sounds vaguely related to “public safety,” courts…
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The sex offender registry was sold to you as something that only affected “them.” A harmless “civil regulatory scheme” for public safety. Nothing to see here. Then judges pulled out the wand. With a wave of the magical “public interest” wand, they made the Constitution disappear. Lifetime public shaming? Not punishment — just regulation. Residency…
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The sex offender registry was sold to you as something that only affected “them.” The politicians and judges promised it was just a “civil regulatory scheme” — nothing more than a harmless list to keep the public informed. No big deal, right? Wrong. That single polite-sounding lie quietly murdered one of the oldest and most…
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The sex offender registry was sold to you as a tool aimed only at “those people” — the monsters, the predators, the ones who deserve it. “It doesn’t affect normal Americans,” they said. “It’s just for public safety.” Bullshit. Every single “civil regulatory scheme” ruling that propped up the registry has quietly rewritten the Constitution…