The Registry joke

Tag: rational basis review

  • Judicial Farce #11: The ‘Rational Basis’ Farce

    Judicial Farce #11: The ‘Rational Basis’ Farce

    Judicial Farce #11 exposes the ‘rational basis’ farce: judges uphold irrational sex offender registry laws (lifetime shaming, residency bans, felony traps) by claiming any ‘public safety’ justification is enough — even when DOJ data shows the registry doesn’t work.

  • Judicial Farce #24: The ‘Rational Basis’ Farce Revisited

    Judicial Farce #24: The ‘Rational Basis’ Farce Revisited

    Judicial Farce #24 revisits the ‘rational basis’ farce: courts use the weakest constitutional standard to uphold the sex offender registry’s lifetime shaming and felony traps, ignoring evidence and the Constitution’s original meaning.

  • 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…