Right Thinking From The Left Coast
"To what purpose are powers limited, and to what purpose is that limitation committed to writing,
if these limits may, at any time, be passed by those intended to be restrained?"
-- Chief Justice John Marshall, Marbury v. Madison, 1803

Tuesday, July 01, 2008

My Mother The Felon
by West Virginia Rebel

The War On Law-Abiding Citizens continues.

A Northern Kentucky mother of two is suing Ohio’s attorney general, seeking to overturn part of a new Ohio law that requires those convicted of selling obscene material to register as sex offenders.

The woman, identified only as G.B. in the suit, is a manager of the downtown Hustler store that sells magazines, DVDs, videos, lingerie, lotions and other items of a sexual nature.

“She’s not been convicted or charged with anything. She’s frightened,” attorney Lou Sirkin said Monday.

The woman is afraid, Sirkin said, because under the current law, if she sells something at the store that is deemed - even years later - to be obscene, the law requires her to register as a sex offender for 15 years.

Such a conviction and reporting requirement, Sirkin said, likely would result in her two children being kicked out of their Catholic school, because it requires background checks, and would end her volunteering as a school volleyball coach.

A spokesman for the attorney general said Monday his office is aware of the suit and is prepared to defend Ohio laws.

Obviously they have to protect Amurka from sexy lingerie.

Posted by West Virginia Rebel on 07/01/08 at 11:44 AM in Politics, Law, & Economics  • (13) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink • Discuss this in the forums
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