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Notwithstanding the fact that the vast majority of sexual assaults are committed by close friends and family of the victims, the federal government found it appropriate to pass one of the most Draconian pieces of legislation known to this Nation in the Adam Walsh Act.  Among its prohibitions are the disclosure of personal identifiers such as email addresses and internet screennames, the location where autos are parked at night and registration on a quartly basis for many offenders.  How any of that information will prevent future assaults escapes me.  If a perpetrator intends to commit a sexual crime, he or she will find a way to do so.  There is no evidence that the restrictions on residency or the disclosure of these personal identifiers has prevented even one assault.  On the other hand, it is certain to give short-sighted, unforgiving people plenty of ability to harass and assault the people on the list.

Today, the Ohio Supreme Court heard oral arguments on four cases challenging the Constitutionality of that law.  You can watch the oral arguments here and read the briefs here, here, here and here. 

It is at times like these I am reminded of this poem.  I, for one, will not sit by while the Government strips this nation of all it once stood for.