Giovanni Mola, 38, who claimed to have had 200 lovers, refused to wear condoms after starting a relationship with the woman in Edinburgh in 2003. His lover is now infected.
We have argued for several years that the AIDS epidemic can be brought to a rapid halt by publicizing the names of those infected with […]
A federal judge has ruled that The Child Online Protection Act is unconstitional.
Open Records Project activism against sex offenders dates nearly to the dawn of the Internet. However, trying to write a law limiting Internet publishing in any way is extremely difficult to do:
- In the United States, any such law must not violate […]
A Waterford Township man arrested last month for operating under the influence of liquor and driving on a suspended/revoked license has eight prior suspensions and nine drunken driving convictions.
In any given year, about 300,000 of Michigan’s 7.2 million licensed drivers have their driving privileges suspended. Studies show that about 70 percent continue to drive anyway.
An […]
Today a Wall Street Journal editorial describes the personal devastation caused by online postings to a college WEB blog autoadmit.com
The Open Records defense of public posting of information is that blog posting is free speech. The argument becomes a little weak for anonymous postings. An anonymous user can libel another user such that […]
A German court convicted holocaust denier and anti-semite, Ernst Zundel, of 14 counts of incitement of racial hatred and sentenced him to five years in prison.
The First Amendment of The United States Constitution would have protected Mr. Zundel in America. “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free […]
Virginia gun owners are upset that their names have been made public by a newspaper. They argue that publication of the names makes them targets for burglaries.
A possible solution is publish names of those who have passed gun certification classes. Therefore criminals would have no certain knowledge where they might be able to […]
Another illegal alien with multiple convictions kills more citizens.
Should the names and photos of arrested illegal aliens be made public on the Internet? Should the dispositions of jailed illegals be made public?
The question is similar to making the identity of individuals infected with HIV/AIDS public. What rights do citizens have to […]
Police have warned householders to watch out for three convicted burglars, but cannot issue descriptions of the men for fear of breaching their human rights.
In Britain private handgun ownership is banned. Knives suitable for defense are banned. A robber is more likely to sue the victim and win damages that go to jail […]
A super-TB carrier may be jailed in a hospital ward until he dies. Does society have the right to protect itself from health risks?
What are the implications for those infected with HIV/AIDS? At what point does an individual’s right to privacy and freedom intersect with other individuals’ right to life?
Should infected individuals who […]
The most important element of the “Hillary’s Thesis” story is not that the 21 year old future first lady wrote a paper about an infamous socialist, but that the Office of the President suppressed it’s publication.
President George Bush’s DWI records and John Kerry’s military records may help citizens form an opinion on the suitability of […]