Fla. judge rules saggy pants law unconstitutional
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posted by Bob at Wednesday, September 17, 2008
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The Associated Press
Article Last Updated: 09/17/2008 03:02:33 PM CDT
RIVIERA BEACH, Fla.—A judge has decided a law banning sagging pants in this town is unconstitutional after a teenager spent a night in jail on accusations he exposed too much underwear.
Julius Hart, 17, was charged last week after an officer said he spotted the teenager riding his bicycle with 4 to 5 inches of blue-and-black boxer shorts revealed.
Hart's public defender, Carol Bickerstaff, urged a judge Monday to strike down the sagging pants law, telling him: "Your honor, we now have the fashion police."
Circuit Judge Paul Moyle ruled that the law was unconstitutional based on "the limited facts" of the case. Technically, however, the charge hasn't been dropped yet: a new arraignment awaits Hart on Oct. 5.
Voters in Riviera Beach approved the law in March. A first offense for sagging pants carries a $150 fine or community service, and habitual offenders face the possibility of jail time.
Bickerstaff said she wants the city to drop the law—regardless of whether anyone dislikes low-riding pants.
"The first time I saw this particular fashion, I disliked it," she told the judge. "And then I realized I'm getting old."
Did the prosecute any plumbers for having saggy pants?
Mark
I was in court back in 1988 and watched a Judge give a black guy 3 days in the workhouse for walking
around the skyways in St.Paul with baggy pants.
Folks in the courtroon clapped after the Judge threw him in the clink.
I was one of those folks.
Jeff Matiatos
Like I said before though, if men can go topless so should women be able to.
Any liberated feminists or women second the motion ?
Jeff Matiatos
I'm w/ Jeff on his 8:15 post!
Mark
Where are ya Froggy?
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ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF UNPUBLISHED OPINIONS:
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Dissenting Judge Tells Lawyers to Take It to YouTube
Used to be that when dissenting judges didn't get their way, they could only get mad. But as federal judge Beverly Martin's dissent in Buckley v. Haddock (11th Cir. 2008) shows, dissenting judges can now also get even in the court of public opinion -- courtesy of YouTube.
Judge on a Leash Video Legal Bear
Easy Watch, Educational
We see 19Jan09 LandLords RICO is after US President, MN Senators Elections,
Jan. 19th 2009 will be the start of a very interesting trial!
Say Froggy.....can we get a comment?
Why waste tax payers money?
Shoot em!
froggy
What you (jeff M.) are saying about this artilcle is both foolish and ignorant. Sure sagging your pants has affiliation with criminals because of where one of the ideas of saggin came from (jail). But if you opened you eyes to where sagging ORIGINALY came from you would know that saggin came from slavery. slave owners did not allow slave to wear belts, preventing them from running and to humiliate them as well. I feel that sagging now is nothing but a fashion statement. And last time i checked you had freedom of expression. That is all fashion is all fachion is. Expressing your self. Not everyone who saggs is a criminal. People are going to wear their clothes how they feel they want too. Regardless. This law itself is interfering with your human rights.
and for the record the origin for jail house sagging was to "put themselves out there".
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