Kevin Bollaert, who was charged after allegedly posting pornographic photos of women and girls submitted by ex-boyfriends as revenge, then asking complaining women and girls for money in order to remove the photos, will go to trial on 31 felony counts. After Bollaert’s five-day preliminary hearing, the judge ruled that there was
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Revenge Porn Case Will Go to Trial, Bollaert Faces Max. 22 Years
Nation’s Largest Sex Offender Registry Finds Sex Offender Registry Does Not Work
California, which has the largest sex offender registry in the United States, has received the news from the California Sex Offender Management Board that their registry is not working. The board reported that the fast-growing registry included too many unnecessary people and that it did not help law enforcement or
Arizona Senate Bill 1062 “Discrimination Bill” – What Is It?
Arizona Senator Steve Yarbrough sponsored the bill that has now passed the Arizona state Senate as SB1062 in response to several trials in which people who had denied particular services requested for gay weddings had been sued under Arizona’s human rights laws, essentially forcing people in any business (other
Elane Photography Petitions Supreme Court to Hear Constitutional Case
After Elane Photography, LLC, was ruled against unanimously by the New Mexico Supreme Court in August, 2013, Elane petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review the issue of whether a religious person who works as a photographer must be forced to photograph a gay marriage, in accordance with the
New Mexico Forces Christian Photographers to Serve Gay Weddings – Elane Photography v. Willock (2013)
In the 2013 trial, Elane Photography, LLC, v. Vanessa Willock, Willock sued Elane Photography for refusing to photograph Willock’s “commitment ceremony” i.e. wedding. The New Mexico Supreme Court unanimously found that Elane–despite religious convictions against gay marriage and despite her willingness to serve gays in services Elane already provided–violated the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Reconsiders U.S.-Wide Licence Plate Data Collection Program
Criticism by privacy advocates has caused the U.S. Homeland Security Department (DHS) to review its proposal for private companies to provide the government with a U.S.-wide database of licence plate tracking information. The concerns raised by privacy advocates include the gratuitous nature of the privacy intrusion, the lack of
Constitutional Interpretations Can Be Found to or Found Not to Give Rights to Homosexuals – Bowers v. Hardwick (1986) and Lawrence v. Texas (2003)
In the 80s and 90s, laws against homosexual activity were first upheld as not in violation of Constitutional rights and later reversed as being in violation–Bowers v. Hardwick (1986) and Lawrence v. Texas (2003). In Bowers v. Hardwick, two Georgia men were arrested for sodomy when a police officer tasked with serving a
Privacy Penumbras Found in U.S. Constitution Protect Contraception and Abortion Decisions – Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) and Roe v. Wade (1973)
The employment of the U.S. Constitution to protect rights not explicit in its writing took shape in the 60s around birth control and abortion laws in Connecticut, Texas and elsewhere. Two such cases were Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) and Roe v. Wade (1973). In Griswold v. Connecticut, an 1879 statute against contraceptives–which had almost
Alaskan Law: Alaskan Constitution Nullifies Ballot-Enacted Laws Against Marijuana – Noy v. State (2003)
A trial over a charge for marijuana possession took place in Alaska in 2003, where the defendant argued that he had a constitutional right to possess marijuana despite laws in place–Noy v. State. David Noy was arrested for smoking marijuana at a barbecue at his North Pole home after
Alaskan Law: Marijuana Possession Protected by Alaskan Constitution – Ravin v. State (1975)
A trial over a lawyer’s marijuana possession took place in Alaska in 1975–Ravin v. State. Irwin Ravin moved to Fairbanks in 1967 where he passed the bar and began practicing law. Ravin and another Alaskan, Robert Wagstaff, the Alaskan representative of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana