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New AG Appointee Advocated To Stifle Speech On Web
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... As tragic as Columbine was, Holder’s reaction to stifle free speech on the internet is nonetheless disturbing. Combine his zeal for what he may consider “reasonable regulations” along with his advocacy for a federal hate crime law(H/T to National Review), and internet users may find themselves in a world of legal woe after the Obama administration takes over in January. ...
Free speech? Come on. How will that promote tolerance?
protein wisdom —
... : The court has really struck down every government effort to try to regulate it. We tried with regard to pornography. It is gonna be a difficult thing, but it seems to me that if we can come up with reasonable restrictions, reasonable regulations in how people interact on the Internet, that is something that the Supreme Court and the courts ought to favorably look at. - May 28, 1999 NPR Morning Edition [my emphasis] Given Holder’s advocacy for “Hate Crimes” legislation, one is left to ponder just what might come to count as a “reasonable” restriction or regulation on ...
David Brooks in Fantasyland
The Sundries Shack —
... stop addressing this post to Brooks now, because there’s no chance he’ll read this and if he does, it’ll only provide fuel for his next column on how mean other conservatives are to kindly old him. Truth is, though, he really is living in a fantasy land. There is no way, given Holder’s opinon of your Second Amendment rights , his apparent ignorance of what happened with Elian Gonzales even though he was deeply involved in the case, his basic honesty , his basic knowledge of hate crimes (even though he was pushing for new hate crime laws), or his ...
Incoming Attorney General Hostile to Civil Liberties
Stop The ACLU —
... Holder also has advocated hate-crimes legislation to prosecute people whom state prosecutors refuse to prosecute because of a lack of evidence. To justify broadening federal hate-crimes law, he cited three examples where state prosecutors refused to prosecute, citing a lack of evidence. In each, a federal jury acquitted the accused, finding them not guilty. Advocates of a broad federal hate-crimes law ...
Federal Hate Crimes Bill Will Erode Civil Liberties and Undermine Constitutional Safeguards Against Double Jeopardy
Stop The ACLU —
... decision. Supporters of the hate crimes bill also see it as a way to prosecute people even in cases where the evidence is so weak that state prosecutors have decided not to prosecute. Attorney General Eric Holder has pushed for the hate crimes bill as a way to prosecute people whom state prosecutors refuse to prosecute because of a lack of evidence. To justify broadening federal hate-crimes law, he ...
Obama Signs Hate-Crimes Bill Into Law; Circumvents Constitutional Safeguards Against Double Jeopardy
Stop The ACLU —
... that state prosecutors have decided not to prosecute. Attorney General Eric Holder has pushed for the hate crimes bill as a way to prosecute people whom state prosecutors refuse to prosecute because of a ...
