9th Circuit Court: Sex Offenders Welcome Here
More dangerous insanity from the 9th Circus:
Over the years, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has earned for itself a reputation as the legal bastion of San Francisco looniness, and a recent decision will do nothing to change that.
On Tuesday, the court decided that Alberto Quintero-Salazar – a Mexican national and legal resident of the U.S. – could not be deported on the basis of a sex crime he committed in 1998, namely illegal intercourse between an adult over 21 and a youth under 16. According to the court, adults taking sexual advantage of a minor (so long as they have the “consent” that minors are legally unable to provide) are not guilty of a crime of “moral turpitude,” which is needed to subject legal U.S. residents to deportation.
This comes as quite a surprise. Because when a slew of Catholic priests were found to have committed essentially the same crime – “consensual” sex with teenagers – society seemed quite appropriately outraged. Indeed, the sexual abuse of minors is about as clear an example of “moral turpitude” as there could be. That is, to use the court’s definition, it “violates societal moral standards” – except, it seems, in San Francisco.
Writing for the majority, Judge Sidney Thomas said that statutory rape “may be unwise and socially unacceptable to many, but it is not inherently base, vile or depraved.” He also said that such behavior “would be legal if the adult and minor were married” and “is legal in other states” with a lower age of consent.
Ah, yes, the “it wouldn’t be illegal if it were legal” defense. The technical term for this is “asinine tautology.”
Finally, Thomas said, “California’s purpose in passing the law reveals that it was not moral … They were attempting to reduce teenage pregnancies.”
So much for the idea that the purpose of the law is to protect minors, to spare them from risks both emotional and physical for which they are unprepared. But apparently that’s not much of a concern among the 9th Circuit, which is busy enforcing a moral code of its own.
Outrageous and sickening. This twisted Court just created dangerous precedent in favor of child rapists. It’s called statutory rape, and the court just damaged all kinds of future cases with this ruling. I know I’m a little late with this news, but when I saw it, I was too outraged not to post on it. The 9th Circus needs dissolved. They are destroying the values that hold this country up, and making America a more dangerous place to live in for our children. They should be ashamed of rulings like this.
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Posted by Jay on October 14, 2007 4:28 pm
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