Comments on: “All Subversive Organizations … Must Register in South Carolina” http://overlawyered.com/2010/02/all-subversive-organizations-now-must-register-in-south-carolina/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=all-subversive-organizations-now-must-register-in-south-carolina Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sun, 27 May 2012 17:39:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: About that South Carolina law http://overlawyered.com/2010/02/all-subversive-organizations-now-must-register-in-south-carolina/comment-page-1/#comment-83420 About that South Carolina law Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:17:50 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=16020#comment-83420 [...] Eugene Volokh says there’s nothing new about it, it appears to date to the Red Scare in 1951. Corrected earlier post here. [...] [...] Eugene Volokh says there’s nothing new about it, it appears to date to the Red Scare in 1951. Corrected earlier post here. [...]

]]> By: captnhal http://overlawyered.com/2010/02/all-subversive-organizations-now-must-register-in-south-carolina/comment-page-1/#comment-83392 captnhal Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:07:00 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=16020#comment-83392 Do you think the rest of the Sanford family would qualify if they want to overthrow their governor husband/father? Do you think the rest of the Sanford family would qualify if they want to overthrow their governor husband/father?

]]> By: Dr. Mary Johnson http://overlawyered.com/2010/02/all-subversive-organizations-now-must-register-in-south-carolina/comment-page-1/#comment-83383 Dr. Mary Johnson Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:23:00 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=16020#comment-83383 Are you sure it wasn't North Carolina? Because I thought I was already registered;) Are you sure it wasn’t North Carolina? Because I thought I was already registered;)

]]> By: Rob Crawford http://overlawyered.com/2010/02/all-subversive-organizations-now-must-register-in-south-carolina/comment-page-1/#comment-83381 Rob Crawford Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:24:32 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=16020#comment-83381 Much like the time I read that Bloomington, IL issues a license for necromancers (I have no idea if that was true, or is true), I'm tempted to apply just to say I did. "Oh, I'm allowed to say that. I'm a licensed subversive. And necromancer." Much like the time I read that Bloomington, IL issues a license for necromancers (I have no idea if that was true, or is true), I’m tempted to apply just to say I did.

“Oh, I’m allowed to say that. I’m a licensed subversive. And necromancer.”

]]> By: GregS http://overlawyered.com/2010/02/all-subversive-organizations-now-must-register-in-south-carolina/comment-page-1/#comment-83380 GregS Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:37:22 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=16020#comment-83380 This is one of those evil laws that will allow the authorities to threaten people accused of otherwise minor offenses and people who haven't done anything illegal at all with lengthy prison sentences. The foolish teenager who scrawls racist graffiti on a bathroom wall, the Marxist handing out literature on a university campus, the libertarian blogging from South Carolina against the government, and the Muslim proselytizing for his religion; all can now be threatened with lengthy jail terms because of their failure to register as subversives. This is one of those evil laws that will allow the authorities to threaten people accused of otherwise minor offenses and people who haven’t done anything illegal at all with lengthy prison sentences. The foolish teenager who scrawls racist graffiti on a bathroom wall, the Marxist handing out literature on a university campus, the libertarian blogging from South Carolina against the government, and the Muslim proselytizing for his religion; all can now be threatened with lengthy jail terms because of their failure to register as subversives.

]]> By: Jonathan Bailey http://overlawyered.com/2010/02/all-subversive-organizations-now-must-register-in-south-carolina/comment-page-1/#comment-83353 Jonathan Bailey Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:21:50 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=16020#comment-83353 To whom should I make out the check? /sarc To whom should I make out the check?
/sarc

]]> By: Todd Rogers http://overlawyered.com/2010/02/all-subversive-organizations-now-must-register-in-south-carolina/comment-page-1/#comment-83349 Todd Rogers Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:03:46 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=16020#comment-83349 Somewhere there are people who thought this was a good idea...and not enough of them had the balls or common sense to say, "hey, I think we might have a problem here." Somewhere there are people who thought this was a good idea…and not enough of them had the balls or common sense to say, “hey, I think we might have a problem here.”

]]> By: AndreandMark http://overlawyered.com/2010/02/all-subversive-organizations-now-must-register-in-south-carolina/comment-page-1/#comment-83344 AndreandMark Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:53:13 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=16020#comment-83344 How much help do we need? How much help do we need?

]]> By: Bob Lipton http://overlawyered.com/2010/02/all-subversive-organizations-now-must-register-in-south-carolina/comment-page-1/#comment-83342 Bob Lipton Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:11:55 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=16020#comment-83342 Does that include the Republican Party? Bob Does that include the Republican Party?

Bob

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