tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6196201224507060771.post5353790755978367206..comments2023-12-18T05:12:50.293-05:00Comments on LAW PROF on the LOOSE: It's Not YourSpaceJon Siegelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05903271363747693689noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6196201224507060771.post-26646055942682652842008-12-01T18:46:00.000-05:002008-12-01T18:46:00.000-05:00This statute can very easily become the government...This statute can very easily become the government's equivalent of the snail mail fraud statute - a catch-all to allow a prosecutor to pad a list of criminal charges. <BR/><BR/>The answer to such abuse or overuse might be to require a detailed purpose and scope statement of intent which would be itself a controlling part of each statute.<BR/><BR/>Any prosecutorial or judicial parsed or micro- textual interpretation giving meaning contrary to or beyond that of the statement of purpose would then perhaps be automatically void.<BR/><BR/>Let's hope it doesn't get so risky that we will be afraid to anonymously reply to your posts....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com