111
submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

Seems like applying it in this manner, if it really can be, would make the law as written a constitutional violation.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The reason the supreme Court originally banned many public loitering laws before this recent greenlight was exactly because those laws were unconstitutionally vague and allowed them to target groups they didn't like with enforcement. And surprise surprise, when the courts allowed them again that's exactly what they do with them.

I'm sure come November the LAPD will be arresting swaths of black Friday shoppers since they're fair arbitrators of the law, right? And the tailgating will I'm sure experience robust and vigorous enforcement.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Nashville used something similar to issue a felony (thus disenfranchising opposition) and to keep people from protesting.

Pretty neat...

this post was submitted on 20 Jul 2025
111 points (100.0% liked)

World News

376 readers
348 users here now

Please help and contribute as we vote on rules:
https://quokk.au/post/21590

Other Great Communities:

Rules

Be excellent to each other

founded 9 months ago
MODERATORS