Three Felonies a Day

[Ned Fleming <ned () kaw us>]

Three Felonies a Day

tl;dr: "Under the English common law we inherited, a crime
requires intent. This protection is disappearing. From the
1930s, Congress has delegated to various administrative
agencies the task of writing the regulations. even as
'Congress has demonstrated a growing dysfunction in crafting
legislation that can in fact be understood.' Prosecutors
identify defendants to go after instead of finding a law that
was broken and figuring out who did it. Expect more such
prosecutions as Washington adds regulations."

(900 words)

http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704471504574438900830760842

"The [new] law would prohibit using the Internet to 'coerce,
intimidate, harass, or cause substantial emotional distress to
a person.' Imagine a law that tried to apply this control of
speech to letters, editorials or lobbying."

Such a law would be doomed to faiure, as it would be
impossible to enforce, since virtually anything persuasive
could be determined to be coercive or cause someone's feelings
to be hurt, and likely to be used to intimidate those with
unpopular beliefs (yours).

This new law sounds suspiciously Canadian to me. Ha ha ha!


-- 
Ned

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