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  • DWI Law Latest Case of Disregard for Constitution

    05/14/2005 8:14:50 AM PDT · by elkfersupper · 49 replies · 1,378+ views
    Albuquerque Journal ^ | Friday, May 6, 2005 | By Peter G. Simonson, Executive Director, ACLU of New Mexico
    Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. What about the fifth time? On four separate occasions during Martin Chávez's two terms as Albuquerque mayor, the ACLU has raised serious, well-substantiated concerns about the constitutionality of the mayor's pet legislative projects. First, there was the 1999 teen curfew ordinance. Then there were two radical sex offender laws and an anti-panhandling ordinance, all of which were touted as "the toughest laws of their kind in the country." Four times we asked the mayor to reject these bills as unconstitutional, and four times he ignored us. Four times...