Author: Mark Draughn
The Illinois Legislature Gets Sexting Right?
Our laws against child pornography were created many years ago, when the production of child pornography was a much more difficult process. A would-be child pornographer had to use film cameras to take the pictures. And since a commercial lab would report him to the police, he had to have the equipment and skill to develop… Read more
Another Reason Not To Consent To Searches
Scott Greenfield points out that if the police ask to search your car and you consent, the courts have ruled that you are consenting to let the police take your car apart. Here’s the language he quotes from United States v. Garcia: The search here was reasonable. When the officers requested permission to search the… Read more
Happy 4/20 But Keep It Away From Me
So, it’s 4/20, which is apparently some sort of big day for pot smokers. I don’t know why, but pot smokers have glommed onto the number 420 or 4:20 or 4/20 as somehow being tied to pot. I’m sure it makes sense if you’re stoned. Anyway, I think I’ve established my libertarian credentials well enough… Read more
A Warning From a Violent Man
Radley Balko points out that former president Bill Clinton has an ugly editorial in the New York Times. It’s the anniversary of the bombing of the Murrah building in Oklahoma City, which killed 168 people. Clinton goes through the motions of mourning their deaths, but then he moves on to casting blame: Finally, we should never… Read more
Kill Them Because It’s Easier?
From Bill Otis at the slightly disturbing Crime & Consequences blog, here’s a pro-death penalty argument that I just can’t get enough of: Recently I noted that prison security — or, more precisely, the inevitable fallibility thereof — puts the lie to abolitionist claims that LWOP will keep us as safe as the death penalty. … Read more