What About the Children?

"Dissenters were Justices Scalia and Thomas, who said that yes, sexual violence is a terrible thing, but there is simply nothing in the Constitution giving Congress the right to infringe an individual's liberty to this degree," reports Rod Dreher, who, unlike me, is "pleased that the Court ruled as it did, given the dangers that certain sex criminals (e.g., child molesters) pose to society" — SCOTUS: State can imprison pervs indefinitely. Mr. Dreher informs us, "Solicitor General Elena Kagan, in successfully arguing the government's case before the Court, said this is analogous to the government's right to hold prisoners who have a deadly and highly contagious disease after they finish their sentences, for the common good." Shouldn't this be decided at sentencing?

"Every natural disaster, human error, or manifestation of Original Sin is an occasion not just for an exercise in national breast-beating but for some piece of sweeping legislation that will eliminate risk or eradicate evil," says Thomas Fleming, noting that "[w]e are especially prone to legislative hysteria when children are involved" — Save the Children.

Mark Shea posts video of a baby jumping festival in Spain, an almost 200-year-old Feast of Corpus Christi tradition — So Very, Very, Not Suburban American.