The Registry joke

Tag: judicial overreach

  • Standing & Mootness: How Courts Shut the Courthouse Door on You

    Standing & Mootness: How Courts Shut the Courthouse Door on You

    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…

  • Rational Basis Review: The Government’s Get-Out-of-Constitution-Free Card

    Rational Basis Review: The Government’s Get-Out-of-Constitution-Free Card

    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…