[ArcLight]

Better shame and stigma for them than horror and death for our women and kids.

[HumanaeVitae]

Whoa! The SCOTUS actually decided to protect society from sex perverts? What's next, upholding state sodomy laws? G-d forbid!

[FreeTally]

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld laws that put convicted sex offenders on Internet registries, ruling the laws do not impose an extra, unconstitutional punishment after a sentence has been served.

But a 20 year old "spousal abuse" misdemeanor charge which now disqaualifies one from owning a gun, although that wasn't the penalty until two years ago, is constitutional?

Regardless of the fact that sex offenders need to be identified, these black-robed persons sure have some wierd logic sometimes.

[isthisnickcool]

Good. Very good!

[inquest]

Justice Anthony Kennedy said for the majority that Alaska's law was nonpunitive and its retroactive application does not violate the Constitution.

"Nonpunitive"? So does this mean that government can require any group of people it wants to register with the authorities?

Sounds like somebody's using child molesters as a tool for engaging in a different kind of "molestation".

[GOPJ]

If ever there were people who should feel shame, it's these folks. Stigma works too...

Two convicted sex offenders, and the wife of one of the two men challenged the law for adding new punishment for old crimes, subjecting them to shame and stigma.

[Teacher317]

"Hard cases make bad law."

This will not be the last of this kind of post-conviction treatment, and I highly doubt it will be confined to just "post-conviction" cases. Those who seem to pose a threat, those who are not of a protected class, those who are merely accused or even acquitted... add in those who are improperly listed (opportunity for abuse by those with authority over the webpage)...

Pandora. Box. Key. Trouble. Ugh.

[OldFriend]

Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Suter, and Stevens...........want to protect the poor little sex offender.

[tahiti]

This is a terribe decision. Again, emotion instead of reason prevails.

After a crimminal serves his/her debt to society, then all rights and privileges should be restored.

The 9th amendment states:

"The enumertaion in the Constitution of certain rights, shall not be constrtued to deny or disparage others retained by the people."

Every citizen has the "others (rights) retained by the people" which includes the right to privacy.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

Who in hell were the 3 dissenters?

[mabelkitty]

Guess we'll find out where Bill Clinton lives afterall.

[Houmatt]

YES!!!!!!!

Take THAT you ACLU ba$tards!

[aristeides]

And once again, the Supreme Court reverses the Ninth Circuit. In this case, the opinion was written by Judge Reinhardt.