Romney Supports Her Submitting DNA: Ron Paul Should Make A Statement

[roho76]

I already received a bad rep for my opinion, but I'm sticking by it.

What is a petty felony? There is no such thing.

A person convicted in a court of law of a felony crime is known as a felon. In the United States, where the felony/misdemeanor distinction is still widely applied, the federal government defines a felony as a crime punishable by death or imprisonment in excess of one year.

This law is not about library books. It upsets me that the senator in the article is misleading us by applying the law to a late book.

Because everyone that gets a felony is 100% guilty because some guy in a blackrobe says so. should you have your DNA swiped because you were caught with a small amount of pot? That is a felony no matter what state or local law says. With tens of thousands of federal regulations/laws/statutes on the federal books were all guilty of at least one of them at all times. This is a horrible idea.

 

[enjerth]

The difficulty in agreeing to the upholding of law and order, or to the maintenance of justice, by a system that has repeatedly demonstrated gross negligence at best, recklessness, lawlessness, and even hostility towards justices, is that in the end...

you're making an argument for justice to be executed by the unjust. Does that ever go well?

If you would support the ideal that it's better for 100 guilty men to go free than to wrongfully convict a single man, then you pretty much have to be against all advancement of law enforcement at this time.

Because one day, that one may be someone you know, or even you. And you will be highly offended. Why wait?

 

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[whippoorwill]

Bump!

 

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[PolicyReader]

Romney displayed poor judgement and passed impractical law which was detrimental to the lives of those to whom this law applies.

Do we really want this sort of person to have the most authority one man has ever known? Under Obama the Executive branch authority has ballooned even more so than under Bush. Romney will have the power to display poor judgement and screw over everybody living under the authority of the Federal government if he becomes president.

Game. Set. And Match.
(at least IMO)

 

[sailingaway]

OK... I went back and re-checked The law only applies to felonies.

Failure to return a library book is a misdemeanor.

I stand by my approval of Romney (in this one instance)

If you look at the Constitution procedurally, and consider adhering to it or amending it as important to protect it's value as a shield when we need it, you have to go to the fifth amendment which prohibits self incrimination, and the Fourth which protects privacy in your 'effects' which includes inside your body. There are times the supreme court has said DNA etc can be taken, including due to contractual agreement for a privilege (driver's licence etc). Otherwise saying someone has to have DNA taken is a violation of their Constitutional rights. Accordingly, I oppose it.

It would be easy to get around this by conditioning parole or early release (MOST releases are early) on this so it is a matter of 'choice'. However, as it stands it is a problem for me.

And remember, that possession of marijuana is a felony.....

We aren't just talking about baby killers here.

 

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