2008] Jurisdictional Analysis of Federal Hate Crime Laws 619 To an outside observer, neither the Court’s holding nor its rea- soning is very surprising. Merely possessing a gun in a school zone does not seem like an activity that would substantially affect interstate commerce, and it makes...
Hate-crime laws pervert justiceJacob Sullum
Proposed "hate crimes" laws would make the problem even worse. Different groups should not be contending for special status in our criminal law. Identity politics strikes at the heart of the American motto of e pluribus unum, and encourages people to think of themselves as members of particular...
Kathy Hochul to introduce legislation to dramatically expand the list of offenses eligible for hate crime prosecution. It may surprise you but hateful graffiti, no matter how offensive, is apparently not eligible for prosecution as a hate crime under the present laws. However, Hochul ...
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia passed tough anti-hate crime laws on Thursday, including mandatory minimum sentences for terror offences and displaying hate symbols, in a bid to tackle a recent surge in antisemitism. The laws will impose minimum jail sentences between 12 month...
Only three U.S. states - South Carolina, Arkansas and Wyoming - have no hate crime laws. A key backer of a pending bill in Arkansas said the Georgia shooting raised the prospects of getting the measures passed. It "makes no sense morally to not send that message that...
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Harry PotterauthorJ.K. Rowlinghas dared police to arrest her as new hate crime laws come into effect in the U.K. The 58-year-old, who has regularly voiced her disagreement with the Scottish government’s views on transgender rights, slammed the new rules — which are to be enforced in ...
1 HATE CRIME LAWS I. INTRODUCTION All Americans have a stake in an effective response to violent bigotry. Hate crimes d..
What is a hate crime? I have studiedhate crime and police for over 20 years. Hate crimes are crimes motivated by bias on the basis of race, religion, sexual orientation or ethnicity. In some states, gender, age and gender identity are also included. Hate crime laws have been passed by ...