tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post5624015681690867256..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Can/will Lege write a constitution-friendly ban on online solicitation of a minor?Gritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-77904602137154242862015-03-17T01:23:01.566-05:002015-03-17T01:23:01.566-05:00as long as the so-called "minor" is a 50...as long as the so-called "minor" is a 50 year old cop. Not a chance in hell. This has already been all the way to the United States Supreme Court and lost.<br /><br />Of course then it was arresting and charging people with possession of drugs given to them by police in stings...like above and it turned out the so-called drugs were sugar, flour or another legal substance. rule became no real drugs. NO CHARGE.<br /><br />nothing is changed here.rodsmithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-10560288012568596912015-03-16T23:35:33.494-05:002015-03-16T23:35:33.494-05:00You would think in second largest state in a natio...You would think in second largest state in a nation, where the largest law school in that state is in the capitol, that law school would employ a constitutional scholar, that the legislature could consult with before passing a law.<br /><br />But in Texas the elected leadership believes private business is more efficient than government, so only the private law schools employ constitutional scholars and none of them are in the state capitol.<br /><br />If Texas does not learn from this mistake, expect more laws both existing and coming to be declared unconstitutional. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />dfishernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-3944751395078004562015-03-16T09:01:30.707-05:002015-03-16T09:01:30.707-05:00Likely nothing is gained, but there was a round of...Likely nothing is gained, but there was a round of media stories claiming the Constitution is a big problem on this so legislators feel the need to "do something." This is that something.<br /><br />There's not a crime of solicitation of a minor per se, just several other crimes listed in the CCA quote that criminalize aspects of solicitation behavior. The issue is that you can't criminalize dirty talk (to minors or anybody else) in and of itself, but a lot of folks would like to.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-50465298359224939982015-03-16T08:46:41.200-05:002015-03-16T08:46:41.200-05:00If solicitation of a minor is already illegal, wha...If solicitation of a minor is already illegal, what is gained by having a separate statute for online solicitation of a minor? I can understand the feds using the "online" element as a way to get involved (interstate commerce and all that jazz), but the state?<br /><br />I suppose if we're that worried about it, they could simply enhance the sentence for regular solicitation of a minor if it's found the defendant used the internet to do it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16323871207793126503noreply@blogger.com