Craig to argue sex sting was unconstitutional

I guess Craig doesn't think the hole he's dug for himself is big enough yet...

http://tpmelectioncentral.com/2007/10/craig_to_argue_foottapping_a_constitutional_right.php


Craig To Argue Foot-Tapping A Constitutional Right
By Eric Kleefeld - October 26, 2007, 3:04PM

Larry Craig is now taking yet another path in his quest to legally absolve himself: He is legally arguing that the law under which he was arrested and subsequently pled guilty to disorderly conduct in a men's room is in fact unconstitutional.

This puts Craig with an odd ally for a conservative Republican: The ACLU, who argued in an amicus brief that foot-tapping and hand gestures alone, absent a real sexual act, were protected by the First Amendment.

Craig's lawyers will file their briefs by mid-December, and have asked to make oral arguments before the appeals court in St. Paul.

That should work.

:sarcasm:

just remember, don't play footsie with the Judge.

"Craig's lawyers will file their briefs by mid-December, and have asked to make oral arguments before the appeals court in St. Paul."

fight it all the way to the Supreme Court! Let's see what Clarence Thomas has to say.

I wonder if this means he's seen the light?

Funny how repukes shred and piss on the Constitution until they need it to protect themselves.

wah wah wah, all the way home.

:D

and still pleaded guilty and paid a fine. Only when it came out did he suddenly discover that he should have fought it.

Perhaps he'll argue that there is a right to privacy implied in it. I bet he wishes he hadn't voted against those pesky 4th and 5th Amendments now.

him up in Guantanamo to make sure.

put "briefs" and "oral" in the same sentence about Craig without eliciting some giggles..


Craig's lawyers will file their briefs by mid-December, and have asked to make oral arguments before the appeals court in St. Paul.


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You must raise them at the trial court level or you waive them. That is basic intro to law stuff. And this guy was on the judiciary committee?

no wonder the federal justice system is in trouble.

because he is a Senator!!

It's a stupid law. It's ironic that Craig is now aligned with the ACLU. That doesn't make him less of a hypocrite. I suspect if he had his way flashing a peace sign would be punishable by jail time.

Mz Pip
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and hand waving as being considered disorderly conduct. I don't think any money changed hands. If that happened then it's another story.

Mz Pip
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Do you think disorderly conduct is a stupid law? Or using it to cover "foot tapping and hand waving"?

Do you think trying to look into bathroom stalls and reaching into them should be covered by Disorderly Conduct?

is necesssarily a stupid law, but not for foot tapping or hand waving.

I wonder why Craig wasn't busted right out if he was peering into the stall. The foot tapping and hand waving part seems pretty lame to me.

I think what bothers me about this is that it seems to be something used to bust gay people.

Craig is a hypocrite and a liar but I do wish we lived in a society where people are so repressed that they feel the need to try to hook up in a bathroom.

Mz Pip
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have a sudfficient case.

I think DO is a good call on someone who peers and reaches into restroom stalls.

It did have a desired effect of exposing a hypocrite. But I would be interested to see who put through a law like this and wonder if some underlying motivation was not to make our bathrooms safer, but to bust gay people.

Must be a weird job, being an undercover cop in a bathrrom. Yuck.

Mz Pip
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about this restroom, which is why an undercover officer was there.

I would also, as a gay man, say I have zero problem with arresting and charging people peering and reaching into stalls.

The peering for sure. I got the idea that is was more of a wave than a reach. If he reached under and grabbed the guy, that would be obvious.

I wonder how hard it is to get a conviction in cases like these. No money changes hands, no witnesses, basically a "He said, he said" senario.

Mz Pip
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:woohoo:

Keep fighting, Craig! Remember, you are the victim in all of this! Tell your party about it!

What a hypocritical tool.

He may try, but he can't tapdance his way out of this one!

that'll keep Craig's prim little pervert face in the news for months to come!! (so to speak)

Go Larry!

Bye, bye, Larry. Bye, bye, GOP in '08.

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