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TalkLeft: MO. Judge Blocks Halloween Sex Offender Restrictions
The Volokh Conspiracy: Judge Limits Halloween Limits on Sex Offenders (But Leaves Scarlet Pumpkins Intact):
Althouse: "Judge Carol E. Jackson overrules the law and allows child sexual predators to stalk the darkened streets Halloween night..."
MO. Judge Blocks Halloween Sex Offender Restrictions
TalkLeft —
... A judge in Missouri has blocked rules requiring sex offenders to stay home on Halloween and refrain from Halloween-related activity with children ...
Judge Limits Halloween Limits on Sex Offenders (But Leaves Scarlet Pumpkins Intact):
The Volokh Conspiracy —
The NYT reports : A federal judge in Missouri on Monday temporarily blocked parts of a new state law that requires sexual offenders to remain in their homes on Halloween evening and to avoid any contact with children related to the holiday. The judge, Carol E. Jackson, of United States District Court in St. Louis, said the law was unclear, questioning language that prohibits “all Halloween-related contact with children” and allows sexual offenders to leave their homes from 5 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. only if they have “just cause.” Two issues raised by the case were whether sexual ...
"Judge Carol E. Jackson overrules the law and allows child sexual predators to stalk the darkened streets Halloween night..."
Althouse —
"... looking for their next victim. Is your child next? Call the University of Michigan Law School at ... and ask them why their graduates want your children to be raped." There's a new court decision blocking a state law that "prohibits 'all Halloween-related contact with children' and allows sexual offenders to leave their homes from 5 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. only if they have 'just cause,'" and Happyshooter, a commenter at Volokh Conspiracy, spins out a spoof of the sort of attack ads that are aimed at the judges who must stand for re-election. (Judge Jackson is a federal judge, with the lifetime job that will spare her any real attacks of this ...
Who's Scared of Trick-or-Treaters?
Hit & Run —
... A federal judge in St. Louis has blocked enforcement of two Halloween-related restrictions on sex offenders imposed by a new Missouri law. The American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri challenged both restrictions as unconstitutionally vague, in violation of the 14th Amendment's Due Process Clause, and U.S. District Judge Carol E. Jackson concluded that it had a good chance pf prevailing. One provision bans "all Halloween-related contact with children," raising the question of whether this rule applies to, say, carving a pumpkin with your own ...
