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more about #constitution Zombie Ms. Skittles: So wait, can we use this for health insurance? Does health care count as a civil right? more » MizJenkins: I'm no expert in bills of attainder, but after taking a look at the legislation I have a feeling that challenge would fail. The purpose of the prohi... more » kithkin: Obama had to deal with bill of attainder issues when taxing executive pay. If "employees of financial institutions owing $5 billion or more to the gov... more » PaintedTrollop: If every organization that made mistakes stopped getting government funds, we wouldn't have CONGRESS. more » morninggloria: Since when has the constitution had anything to do with how America is run? more » BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit): Not my constitution! It allows for guns, family values, and has a picture of Carrie Prejean saying "It's Adam and Eve, Not Adam and Steve" on it in c... more » AthertonMerriweather: I'm still going to pursue my career interests in the performance arts. more » Jack_Burton: I'm so glad that we are making laws about this. It's vitally important to society that pants function as designed. /sarc more » boxspelunker: I have a few things to say in response to this: 1. I don't know about Georgia specifically, but most of the people I see with saggy pants in the Midwe... more » Sister Toldja: As disgusting as I find this trend (from the hipsters, to the thugs, to the high school girls), Tennessee was obviously grasping at straws looking for... more » ellaesther: Be that as it may -- and I am ALL about not legislating this kind of undemocratic nonsense -- when my 18 year old babysitter comes over? I tell him to... more » browngirlinthering: this whole saggy pants ban has been carried on with so much racist overtones it makes my head spin. more » Lady Saira, Vere de Vere: This calls for some shamelessly paraphrased Voltaire. "I disapprove of how you wear your pants, but I will defend to the death your right to wear them... more » morninggloria: They should rename this "Cranky Old Man Law"or the "Whippersnapper Elimination Ordinance" more » LadySoprano is a Fat-Fighting Superwoman: The PE teacher at my school (we teach 7th and 8th grade) told the kids that the saggy pants trend started in prison, as a means of inmates letting oth... more » LolaQuinn is full of beans: All of my jeans sag 'cuz I don't have a butt :( I don't want to be arrested because my hiney is tiny. more » LucyDriftwood: The saggy pants trend is almost as bad as JNCOs. Instead of wearing them too long and wide, now teenagers just pull them down further. Although I will... more » YourScreenplaySucks: So okay, I don't want to be a traitor to my generation and all but I don't get how guys dress today. I mean, come on, it looks like they just fell out... more » AthertonMerriweather: The bill also interferes with a liberty interest for men to believe their package is much bigger than it really is. more » chatterboxwriting: So, we've solved the economic crisis, stamped out world hunger, have a vaccine for AIDS, and our public education and health care systems are perfect.... more » -
#squirrelpolitics
ACORN May Have Found a Constitutional Hail Mary Play
"[T]he Constitution explicitly prohibit[s] the passage of "bills of attainder": legislation targeted to benefit or penalize an individual or group, most often by excluding it from government service." Lawyers, take your marks![Politico] -
#slackslaw
Constitution May Guarantee Right To Not Pull Up Your Pants
The Tennessee attorney general has advised state legislators that their proposed Saggy Pants bill, which bans low-riding pants, may be unconstitutional, as it "arguably interferes with a liberty interest to dress as one chooses." [UPI]
