First
Amendment:
New
Michigan
Law
Bans
Methamphetamine
Recipes
on
Internet
7/14/06
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/444/first-amendment-methamphetamine-recipes.shtml
Little noticed among the
package of anti-methamphetamine bills signed last week by Michigan Gov.
Jennifer Granholm (D) was one that bans
publication of recipes for cooking meth and provides civil sanctions for
violating it. The bill does not specify that the web site be
based in Michigan.
Under the new law, the state
attorney general could bring a civil action against anyone who published
such information on the Internet. Courts could order relief in various
forms, including injunctions against the web site, actual damages sustained
by the state or its residents, punitive damages, and attorney fees and
costs.
The new law seems certain
to be challenged on First Amendment grounds, a fact perhaps implicitly
acknowledged by the state's fiscal analyst. "The bill would have
an indeterminate fiscal impact on the judiciary," noted analyst Marilyn
Peterson. "Any fiscal impact would depend on the number and complexity
of lawsuits brought under the bill."
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Issue #444
-- 7/14/06
Editorial:
Not
Playing
by
the
Rules,
Not
Making
Sense
|
Appeal/Book
Offer:
Race
to
Incarcerate,
by
Marc
Mauer
|
Feature:
Judge
Throws
Out
Part
of
Alaska
Marijuana
Recriminalization
Law,
Up
to
An
Ounce
is
Now
Legal
At
Home
|
Feature:
Methamphetamine
as
Child
Abuse
Laws
Gain
Ground,
But
Do
They
Help
or
Hurt?
|
Law
Enforcement:
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Story
|
Law
Enforcement:
Goose
Creek
Agrees
to
Pay
Up,
Change
Ways
in
Settlement
of
Notorious
High
School
Drug
Raid
Case
|
Sentencing:
California
Governor
Signs
Bill
Amending
Proposition
36,
Is
Immediately
Sued
|
Search
and
Seizure:
Vermont
Judge
Says
State
Constitution
Provides
Protection
Even
if
Federal
Doesn't
|
Sentencing:
Justice
Kennedy
Lashes
Out
at
Harsh
Prison
Terms
|
Harm
Reduction:
San
Diego
Reinstates
Needle
Exchange
Program
|
First
Amendment:
New
Michigan
Law
Bans
Methamphetamine
Recipes
on
Internet
|
Middle
East:
US
Troops,
Iraqi
Police
Seize
Marijuana
Plants
|
Web
Scan:
Sentencing
Project
and
Others
Report
to
UN
Human
Rights
Committee,
CURE
on
Prisons
in
OAS
|
Weekly:
This
Week
in
History
|
Weekly:
The
Reformer's
Calendar
|
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