MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'hate crime'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:48:10 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2920161&cid=t_100317_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FBKljAOERYaE%2F The Senate is about to vote on Defense Department funding with an expanded federal “hate crimes” bill. This well-intentioned piece of legislation threatens to make violations of the fundamental right against Double Jeopardy a routine practice, as federal courts will now have the power to re-prosecute defendants for what are traditionally state crimes. The House removed language that the Senate put in place to ensure that the “hate crimes” provisions did not stretch to encompass free speech, threatening to attach criminal liability to core rights of free expression. This expansion of federal jurisdiction guarantees that high profile cases will be retried until a guilty verdict is obtained to satisfy political factions. This politicization of justice will only harm ou... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2920161 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:26:57 +0100 2920161 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2876011&cid=t_100317_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F2fOmAu13ijY%2F Last night, the House of Representatives approved a defense spending measure that included a totally unrelated bill that would ban so-called “hate crimes.”  I’ve testified twice against federal hate crimes proposals.  Here’s the case against the law (in brief): First, the federal hate crime law is unconstitutional because it is beyond the powers of Congress.  Second, the law will not prevent violent crime.  Anyone already inclined to kill or beat up another human being is not going to reverse course because Congress passes a new law against violence motivated by bias.  Third, the law does take the state too close to the realm of thought crimes.  In order for a prosecutor to prove the “hate” aspect, detectives have to dig into a person’s life,... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2876011 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:44:30 +0100 2876011 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2605941&cid=t_100317_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F7mNZfNFQ8is%2F Unsure about prospects on passing the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act as a stand-alone bill, proponents intend to attach it as an amendment to the Department of Defense Authorization bill. As I have said previously, this bill is an affront to federalism and counterproductive hater-aid. Federal Criminal Law Power Grab This legislation awards grants to jurisdictions for the purpose of combating hate crimes. It also creates a substantive federal crime of violent acts motivated by the “actual or perceived religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability of any person.” This is a federalization of a huge number of intrastate crimes. It is hard to imagine a rape case where the sex of the victim is not an issue. The same goes for r... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2605941 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:43:24 +0100 2605941 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2598447&cid=t_100317_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2009%2F07%2F13%2Fhate-is-a-word-not-a-crime%2F My new Politics Daily / Woman Up post: I don’t dispute that the characterizations of Michelle Obama and her daughters on some conservative Web sites are odious in the extreme, but the question of how to discourage offensive statements in a civilized society is anything but settled. Who gets to decide what is or is not offensive?… Read the rest on AOL: Hate is a Word, Not a Crime. Posted in Media, Politics, Woman Up Tagged: 1984, hate crime, michelle obama, thoughtcrime (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2598447 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:22:59 +0100 2598447 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2561206&cid=t_100317_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F9oyADo3qUv4%2F Last week’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearings (video at the link) on the proposed federal hate crimes bill showed the dark underbelly of the Senate. The road to undermining the rule of law is being paved with the best of intentions and casual disregard (if not outright hostility) for the principles of limited government and equality under the law. I raise some objections to the bill in this podcast: The bill federalizes violent acts against victims by reason of their actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability. Never mind that these acts are already prosecuted by the states, and that violent crimes of this nature are universally perceived as an affront to justice. Matthew Shepard, the gay man brutally kille... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2561206 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:21:22 +0100 2561206 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2405020&cid=t_100317_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FAnqYnHgMcgM%2F With the support of President Obama, so-called “hate crime” legislation is on the move in Congress. According to Cato senior fellow Nat Hentoff, laws that punish one time for the crime and another time for the hate violate the First Amendment, the 14th Amendment and protections against Double Jeopardy. In April, Hentoff spoke at the Cato Policy Perspectives seminar in New York City about the current expansion of hate crime legislation. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2405020 Thu, 14 May 2009 20:17:49 +0100 2405020 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2007051&cid=t_100317_133_f&fid=37107&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aspieweb.net%2Fphoning-facebook-about-autism-hate-group%2F As some of you have read there is a facebook group out that can be summed up as an aspergers hate group.  After myself and many others have reported this group to facebook abuse and recieved no response or seen any action I decided it was time to give them a phone call.  Read more [...] (Source: AspieWeb.net) AspieWeb.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2007051 Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:36:07 +0100 2007051 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1964606&cid=t_100317_133_f&fid=37107&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aspieweb.net%2Fprotection-force-from-autism%2F I just ran into a very disturbing face book group, that states its mission is l is to inform girls and women that a percentage, not most, of Autistic people are more likely to be rapists.  So what you are saying is because I have autism I am more likely to rape woman I find [...] (Source: AspieWeb.net) AspieWeb.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1964606 Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:07:52 +0100 1964606