http://lawdork.net/2009/10/08/to-the-senate-house-oks-defense-bill-with-hate-crimes-provision/ Same dork, new year! Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:36:15 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 http://lawdork.net/2009/10/08/to-the-senate-house-oks-defense-bill-with-hate-crimes-provision/#comment-5490 Senate to Take Up Defense Funding Bill, Hate Crimes Today Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:32:02 +0000 http://lawdork.net/?p=3819#comment-5490 [...] Senate passes the Defense Department Appropriations Reauthorization Conference Report.  The bill, passed on Oct. 8 by the House, includes the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention [...] [...] Senate passes the Defense Department Appropriations Reauthorization Conference Report.  The bill, passed on Oct. 8 by the House, includes the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention [...]

]]> http://lawdork.net/2009/10/08/to-the-senate-house-oks-defense-bill-with-hate-crimes-provision/#comment-4926 jpe Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:01:13 +0000 http://lawdork.net/?p=3819#comment-4926 The part expanding hate crimes for religion, ethnicity & race seems flatly unconstitutional (assuming Morrison & Lopez are still kicking). Unlike the GLBT provision which still requires a nexus w/ interstate commerce (under the "circumstances described" provision), the religion / race section totally does away w/ the nexus requirement. The part expanding hate crimes for religion, ethnicity & race seems flatly unconstitutional (assuming Morrison & Lopez are still kicking). Unlike the GLBT provision which still requires a nexus w/ interstate commerce (under the “circumstances described” provision), the religion / race section totally does away w/ the nexus requirement.

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