Comments on: Supreme Court Passes on Alabama Sex Toys Case

By: Mike M.

Mike M. — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 15:54:06 +0000

Yes, I read the post before and appreciated your agreeing with the insanity of banning sex toys. But, it's not liberals that want to ban them. It's "moral high-horse" conservatives who want to regulate sex in this country, so I still stand by my original post. You don't see Massachusetts trying to outlaw sex toys. No, just Alabama, Texas and Georgia.

By: Signifying Nothing

Signifying Nothing — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 05:36:05 +0000

Uncommonly silly law of the day
Both Jeff Goldstein and James Joyner aren't particularly upset that the Supreme Court passed up an opportunity to overturn Alabama's law prohibiting the sale of sex toys. Mississippi is one of two other states having such laws; apparently 1983 saw...

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Wed, 23 Feb 2005 21:33:29 +0000

Mike, you should really read posts before commenting.

By: Mike M.

Mike M. — Wed, 23 Feb 2005 21:24:34 +0000

And the right has the nerve to say the left should get out of people's lives? What happened to the right believing in less government intrusion? Why in the heck SHOULD anyone care about sextoys people use in the PRIVACY OF THEIR OWN HOMES?????

I doubt the Founding Fathers were sitting around thinking people would communicate via screens and keyboard 225 years in the future, as well. Should computers be banned? And I doubt the Founding Fathers were sitting around writing the Second Amendment thinking "Gee, I don't think there will ever be guns capable of spraying a hundred rounds a minute."

By: Kent

Kent — Wed, 23 Feb 2005 17:13:04 +0000

As for fetus-killing, what happens if the fetus is killing the mother? What about ectopic pregnancies?

Huh? SCOTUS has ruled that the fetus can be killed whether or not it is killing the mother.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 23 Feb 2005 02:16:01 +0000

Maybe SCOTUS got a warning from the FCC? Heh.

By: Brian J.

Brian J. — Wed, 23 Feb 2005 01:45:04 +0000

Aren't radio and television stations subject to fines for utterances of the words "emanations" or "penumbras" to the tune of $500,000 a throw? Come to think of it, "utterance" sounds kinda dirty, too.

By: Legal XXX

Legal XXX — Wed, 23 Feb 2005 00:47:03 +0000

Bastard Blogging
James Joyner is all about the sex toys.

By: dw

dw — Wed, 23 Feb 2005 00:35:19 +0000

And they also punted on McCorvey today. It's almost as if the SCOTUS is rejecting all the sex-related test cases until Rehnquist/O'Connor get replaced, so that a sex-related case doesn't taint their confirmation hearings.

As for fetus-killing, what happens if the fetus is killing the mother? What about ectopic pregnancies?