tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321933.post4633164478398463047..comments2023-03-25T08:38:01.271-05:00Comments on Blaggle: NY Set to Ban NoosesAgglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00839741815962878688noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321933.post-52759457977102414202007-11-16T17:45:00.000-06:002007-11-16T17:45:00.000-06:00whittling away at our Constitutional right to free...<I> whittling away at our Constitutional right to freedom of expression.</I><BR/><BR/>I disagree with Virginia v. Black, but it is good law. And there's no reason to say that burning a cross with the intent to intimidate can be a crime, but hanging a noose with the intent to intimidate can't. And of course it was Scalia and Thomas who didn't want there to have to be a burden on the prosecution to prove the intent to intimidatel; they wanted the cross-burning itself to be a crime and the defendant had to prove that he didn't mean to intimidate anyone. (Proving a negative, always fun...)PGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09381347581328622706noreply@blogger.com