Tossing a bit of belated sunshine your way.....
Back on November 10, 2009:
The Miami Herald:A sex offender living under the Julia Tuttle Causeway has been cleared of accusations that he went to a park when children were present, violating state and Miami-Dade County restrictions.
Bryan Exile -- one of two plaintiffs named in the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida's lawsuit against Miami-Dade's requirement that sex offenders keep at least 2,500 feet away from places where children congregate -- was released from jail last week. He had been arrested Sept. 4 on misdemeanor charges of violating probation and trespassing.
Exile was accused of trespassing in a housing project, then walking to the park. The charges were dropped Nov. 6 after prosecutors learned Exile was never in the park, the ACLU said.
The ACLU lawsuit, which is before the 3rd District Court of Appeal in Miami, is an attempt to nullify the county's 2,500-foot law. It alleges local law should not supersede the state law, which calls for sex offenders to stay 1,000 feet away from parks, schools and other places where children gather.
Not one comment beneath the news item.
Which makes me wonder just how far in the fish wrap the story was buried.......
Yet another November positive wisp-o-will....
By a 59-39 vote, the U.S. Senate confirmed David Hamilton to sit on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. President Obama nominated him in March, but Hamilton's extreme views delayed the confirmation.
Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., expressed his concerns on the floor of the Senate.
"Mr. Hamilton was a board member and vice president of the ACLU chapter of Indiana," he said.
Sessions was also troubled over Hamilton's ruling that the Indiana Legislature could not open its sessions with prayer.
"Many of the prayers expressed mentioned 'Jesus Christ,'" Sessions said. "Yet in a post-judgment motion, Judge Hamilton permitted the use of 'Allah.'"
Hamilton also struck down a sex-offender registry, saying it violated the offenders' right to privacy.
Tom Fitten, president of Judicial Watch, said this could lead the administration to bring more extreme nominees.
"If they think they can push judges like this through with little or no debate," he said, "they're going to have the incentive to push hard on this.
David Hamilton sounds like an extreme thinker to me. And that 59-30 vote?
Good news.
