[aristeides]

I don't share your opinion that it is contemptible to prosecute an 18-year-old for sex (consensual?) with a "mentally delayed" 14-year-old. The fact that you would call it "consensual" shows where you're coming from.

But, contemptible or not, what makes it unconstitutional? Lawrence? If so, that's my point.

[cherrycapital]

I would say it is a violation of the right to privacy, which, unlike the Burger and Rehnquist courts, I would locate in the 9th Amendment doctrine of unenumerated rights rather than the shaky "substantive due process" doctrine.

[tdadams]

It's amazing how you're having to dance around the facts and details of this case to support your outrage.