Linkfest: Sunday Updates
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Time to clean out the aggregator:
ITEM: The Afghan Senate has upheld a tribal court's imposition of a death sentence for a young journalist who reprinted (not wrote, but merely reprinted) an article supposedly insulting to the Religion of Peace and its dead prophet. I thought the idea behind our sending Americans to fight and die in that wasteland was precisely to stop this insane form of barbarian "justice." Apparently not. Previous post here.
ITEM: Across the border, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, the illegally ousted chief justice of Pakistan's Supreme Court is speaking out against our "trusted ally in the War on Terror," dictator Pervez Musharraf. The letter, which had to be smuggled out of Pakistan (Chaudhry remains under incommunicado house arrest, despite Musharraf's lies to the contrary), was an appeal to Western leaders, including Condoleeza Rice, convening in Europe (where Musharraf was recently touring). Previous posts here.
ITEM: The City Council of Berkeley, California, has voted to declare the United States Marine Corp persona non grata and is exploring the legal feasibility of banning the military from operating recruitment stations within the city limits. As I noted when the Supreme Court handed down Rumsfeld v. FAIR, Chief Justice Roberts' opinion for the unanimous Court is unequivocal: Federal power regarding military recruitment is essentially plenary and not just contingent on receiving federal taxpayer money. If the Berkeley City Council takes on the Department of Defense, the Berkeley City Council will lose, just as the colleges opposed to Don't Ask Don't Tell lost. (Via Crime & Federalism.)
ITEM: Another comprehensive statistical analysis has debunked the popular, and politically convenient, misconception that sex offenders are more likely to recommit an offense than other criminals. Without that false premise, much of the rest of the sex offender mania becomes even less justifiable. Previous post here. (Via SL&P.)
ITEM: Another incident of people being forced to vote in churches with clearly religious or partisan displays in the voting area. This time: "rows of white crosses commemorating aborted fetuses and two banners stating, 'Pray for the innocent ... 4,000 babies aborted daily in the USA.'" I have asked previously whether it was unreasonable to insist that municipalities find neutral sites to locate their polls. (Via Religion Clause.)
ITEM: The Afghan Senate has upheld a tribal court's imposition of a death sentence for a young journalist who reprinted (not wrote, but merely reprinted) an article supposedly insulting to the Religion of Peace and its dead prophet. I thought the idea behind our sending Americans to fight and die in that wasteland was precisely to stop this insane form of barbarian "justice." Apparently not. Previous post here.
ITEM: Across the border, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, the illegally ousted chief justice of Pakistan's Supreme Court is speaking out against our "trusted ally in the War on Terror," dictator Pervez Musharraf. The letter, which had to be smuggled out of Pakistan (Chaudhry remains under incommunicado house arrest, despite Musharraf's lies to the contrary), was an appeal to Western leaders, including Condoleeza Rice, convening in Europe (where Musharraf was recently touring). Previous posts here.
ITEM: The City Council of Berkeley, California, has voted to declare the United States Marine Corp persona non grata and is exploring the legal feasibility of banning the military from operating recruitment stations within the city limits. As I noted when the Supreme Court handed down Rumsfeld v. FAIR, Chief Justice Roberts' opinion for the unanimous Court is unequivocal: Federal power regarding military recruitment is essentially plenary and not just contingent on receiving federal taxpayer money. If the Berkeley City Council takes on the Department of Defense, the Berkeley City Council will lose, just as the colleges opposed to Don't Ask Don't Tell lost. (Via Crime & Federalism.)
ITEM: Another comprehensive statistical analysis has debunked the popular, and politically convenient, misconception that sex offenders are more likely to recommit an offense than other criminals. Without that false premise, much of the rest of the sex offender mania becomes even less justifiable. Previous post here. (Via SL&P.)
ITEM: Another incident of people being forced to vote in churches with clearly religious or partisan displays in the voting area. This time: "rows of white crosses commemorating aborted fetuses and two banners stating, 'Pray for the innocent ... 4,000 babies aborted daily in the USA.'" I have asked previously whether it was unreasonable to insist that municipalities find neutral sites to locate their polls. (Via Religion Clause.)
Posted by Kip on
3 February 2008
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