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2018-11-21 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Conservatives Slam Judge for Blocking Genital Mutilation Charges

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Posted by Besoeker 2018-11-21 05:09|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

'Purifying rituals' are a telltale sign of societal regression. Others may come to mind as well.

Just my opinion of course.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-11-21 05:19|| 2018-11-21 05:19|| Front Page Top

#2 Next Constitution, please add the requirement to remove 5 federal judges from the bench every year. I suspect it will have a remarkable ability to focus their work on the law and not on displays of social virtue.

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-11-21 06:58|| 2018-11-21 06:58|| Front Page Top

#3 So much was left out of this news report:
Twenty-three states do not have laws criminalizing female genital mutilation

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2018-11-21 07:11|| 2018-11-21 07:11|| Front Page Top

#4 And this: Friedman delivered a significant, but not fatal, blow to a novel criminal prosecution because the judge left intact conspiracy and obstruction charges that could send Nagarwala and three others to federal prison for decades.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2018-11-21 07:13|| 2018-11-21 07:13|| Front Page Top

#5 the judge left intact conspiracy and obstruction charges

However, if he struck down the law, there is no law to conspire against or obstruct.

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-11-21 08:02|| 2018-11-21 08:02|| Front Page Top

#6 This is child abuse plain and simple.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2018-11-21 09:45|| 2018-11-21 09:45|| Front Page Top

#7 As much as I think that FGM should be illegal, the report I read said that the judge rejected it on a tenth amendment, states rights basis.

Posted by warthogswife 2018-11-21 09:50|| 2018-11-21 09:50|| Front Page Top

#8 considering that SCOTUS decided unanimously in 2005 (gonzales v raich) that home grown marijuana could be banned by virtue of the commerce clause, this judge's decision is an outlier

however, it would be good to have the fgm debate in every statehouse in the country

Posted by lord garth 2018-11-21 10:39|| 2018-11-21 10:39|| Front Page Top

#9 The Muslim defendants cannot be charged in the state because the state’s anti-FGM law was passed after their arrest. State officials may charge the defendants with other crimes, such as sexual assault.

Now wait a minute. I'm no lawyer but it seems I remember something from my high school days about the Constitution prohibiting ex post facto laws. That means you can't prosecute people for doing something that was not against the law when they did it.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2018-11-21 12:12|| 2018-11-21 12:12|| Front Page Top

#10 Beast. Barbarian. A Molach.

Posted by Ebbavirt Clunk4147 2018-11-21 13:04|| 2018-11-21 13:04|| Front Page Top

#11 #9. Like owning semi automatic rifles that are deemed dangerous to own by citizens who have broken no laws Ani?

Posted by NoMoreBS 2018-11-21 13:07|| 2018-11-21 13:07|| Front Page Top

#12 It is human trafficing of children after mutilating them to increase thier value for takers. And the scribes focus on technicalities.

Posted by Ebbavirt Clunk4147 2018-11-21 13:19|| 2018-11-21 13:19|| Front Page Top

#13 commerce clause /spit.

That has been broadened and abused by prior courts so badly that it means the Feds can do whatever they want, 10th and 9th amendments be damned

Posted by Boss Spoper5850 2018-11-21 14:56|| 2018-11-21 14:56|| Front Page Top

#14 "That means you can't prosecute people for doing something that was not against the law when they did it."

Maybe the specific genital mutilation didn't have a specific law but it's still a crime. You can't say there's no specific law against cutting off someone's finger but of course you go to prison if you do it.

Posted by European Conservative 2018-11-21 17:06|| 2018-11-21 17:06|| Front Page Top

#15 E.C. If the story quoted the judge correctly, he called it a criminal assault.

Posted by james 2018-11-21 21:36|| http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com 2018-11-21 21:36|| Front Page Top

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