"Gov. Schwarzenegger and other supporters of the law have said the provision banning sex offenders from living within 2,000 feet of a school or park where children gather should not apply to people who committed their crimes before voters passed the initiative."
BULL!
It needs to be RETROAVTIVE FOR ALL PERVERTS!
Do it for the KIDDIES, for a change!
REALLY look out for them instead of just pretending you care.
the provision bans sex offenders from living
"retroactive" laws are unconstitutional. Those are Ex Post Facto Laws.
That's the dilemma here. The law may be needed, the intent good and 'for the children', but illegal.
This could go to SCOTUS to be sorted out.
Take it up with the Founding Fathers: Ex post facto laws, are unconstitutional. There's always a good cause for taking away liberty: protection from perverts, protection from drunk drivers, protection from starvation, . . . No tyranny was ever imposed on a previously free society without some 'benefit' being promised.
Any other specific clauses in the Constitution of the United States of America you want to go around?
I would argue that really long prison termns for sex offenders would be far more effective.
Do it for the KIDDIES, for a change!
REALLY look out for them instead of just pretending you care.
Yup, you're right. Constitution and everything predating, post dating, judicial decisions and all the same be damned, I FEEEEEEEEL that nothing else matters but how I FEEEEEL about this.
Read your constitution and then get back to the adults, FRiend. Some folks just FAIL to understand that different folks done got different ideas. Some are good, some are not so good, and some are downright repulsive. That's WHY America is as great as it is, DESPITE the single-issue folk. Discussion of all the different ideas is WELCOME, rather than proscribed.
It might also help to learn how to spell, or at least use the spell check available.