Posted on 11/08/2006 4:04:08 PM PST by newzjunkey
Breaking now on Roger's radio show in San Diego, Federal Judge Susan Illston has issued a temporary restraining order against Jessica's Law, Prop 83.
Lawsuit brought in SF by a "John Doe" sex offender claiming the law is retroactive.
The order applies in SF, Alameda, Marin and Sonoma. A hearing will be held on Nov 27.
The plaintiff's lawyer is Dennis Riordan.
Can't let people vote and actually decide how society should conduct itself.
That would be "unconstitutional".
Great, I needed some more good news! What the heck is going on with this country?
{ {{ PING Jessica's Law HALTED }} }
Judge Illston is a CLINTON APPOINTEE.
Just like gun registration laws which are retroactive to prior purchases.
O'Reilly is going to throw a fit.
this country is going down hill in a hurry
85 lost by a wider margin than last year. It would seem I might as well have stayed home last night. 85, 90, Mountjoy, McClintock, Poochigian, Strickland... this state is a mess.
4,642,616 (70.5%) YES, 1,943,779 (29.5%) NO.
California judges are a huge problem. You could fire every single one of them and still have to put up with the damage they'd done for the next two or three decades, if not longer.
I voted down every Davis and Schwarzenegger appointed judge this go-round. I'll do it next time as well.
Figures.
While I'll admit that a number of Supreme Court judges care more about what they want in each case, than about any sort of consistency, a case such as this one should be a basis for re-challenging the Lautenberg Abomination.
" ... SF, Alameda, Marin and Sonoma. ..."
Funny, the highest profile sex-offender pedophile cases recently have been in precisely these same counties, plus Orange. Except that in Orange, they give them the death penalty.
There were a lot of vague provisions in this law. Doesn't surprise me that it's already in the courts. Certain things need to be defined or this thing will be an absolute mess. That's not to say that this case is moving to litigate the right issues. My guess is there will be more cases and more John Does before it's all over as there were plenty of issues.
Sure did not take long.
The suit was typed up well before the votes were cast. You expect anything else?
Does the Cali SC have power to line-item edit a proposition? If not, then if one issue runs afoul of it then it's dead, Jim.
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