Comments for Hate-Crimes Bill Unconstitutional at http://www.hatchforsenate.com , comment 1 to 2 out of 2 comments http://www.hatchforsenate.com Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:09:40 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.hatchforsenate.com/blog/hate-crimes-bill-unconstitutional#comment-64 Like so much else being done in congress lately, this legislation is all for show. The sole purpose is to curry favor from the public and more firmly establish political position. It has nothing, whatsoever, to do with protecting the citizens (since we are already as protected as we need to be). - Michael Morgan Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:09:05 +0100 http://www.hatchforsenate.com/blog/hate-crimes-bill-unconstitutional#comment-63 Maybe someone can explain to me how "hate crimes" legislation does not: a) create a category of "crimethink" (ref. "1984") by imposing additional criminal sanctions for what the offender is alleged to have been thinking? Also, how do you prove what someone was thinking? b) violate "equal protection" by making the same crime a more serious one based on who the victim is? If, for example, the punishment is greater for mugging a young black woman vs. mugging a white female senior citizen, doesn't that say that members of "protected" groups are of greater worth to society and that people outside those groups don't matter as much? - Seanette Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:39:14 +0100