The House voted to make "hate crimes" a federal offense.The House voted to make "hate crimes" a federal offense. There is no evidence that adding hate-crimes laws on top of regular criminal laws does anything to deter these acts. And since most states already have hate-crimes laws, a federal law is doubly superfluous su·per·flu·ous adj. Being beyond what is required or sufficient. [Middle English, from Old French superflueux, from Latin superfluus, from superfluere, to overflow : . The bill's definition of violence includes intimidation, which leaves considerable room for interpretation in the hate-crimes context. Opening the door even a little bit to prosecutions for having incorrect Incorrect means to not be correct and may also refer to:
n. The direction of one's sexual interest toward members of the same, opposite, or both sexes, especially a direction seen to be dictated by physiologic rather than sociologic forces. would be a mistake. A new federal law in this area is unnecessary and dangerous, and President Bush is right to say that he would veto veto [Lat.,=I forbid], power of one functionary (e.g., the president) of a government, or of one member of a group or coalition, to block the operation of laws or agreements passed or entered into by the other functionaries or members. In the U.S. it if it reached his desk. |
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