Re: Latest Supreme Court Ruling: US v. Lopez

From: Rob Sweeney (rjs@rsie.com)
Date: Mon May 22 2000 - 16:09:02 MDT


* Technotranscendence <neptune@mars.superlink.net> [000522 18:00]:
> [...]
> I gather such laws arose either to overcome local opposition to the law or
> to make it look like politicians are being tough on crime.
> [...]

.. or that it's easy to sell nearly anything if the intent can be made to
read "to protect the children." A 1000' radius around schools covers just
about everywhere in an urban environment.

/rs

-- 
Rob Sweeney: Information Ecology. rjs@rsie.com, http://www.rsie.com/
Time is a warning.


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