Tag: public interest myth
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The sex offender registry was sold to the public as a forward-looking safety tool. In reality, it is a textbook violation of one of the oldest and clearest protections in the entire Constitution: the Ex Post Facto Clause. Article I, Section 9 of the Constitution is unambiguous: “No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto…
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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 simple administrative list. Just a little “civil regulatory scheme.” Nothing to worry about if you’re not a predator, right? Bullshit. The day the registry became law, due process died for every American. Due process is supposed to be one of…
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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…
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Judges love sprinkling “public interest” fairy dust to justify the failing sex offender registry. But let’s call it what it really is: pure political interest. Politicians score easy votes and look like heroes while the actual public suffers ruined lives, wasted taxes, and zero safety. The usual unconstitutional government bullshit—only the powerful benefit.