Reply #12: Cites: [View All]

[T-Jeff_Dem]

Red herring: yes -- but here is some info on what part of his colon Sen. Graham is pulling this stuff out of.

http://volokh.com/posts/1104181917.shtml

1 Trackbacks / Possibly More Trackbacks
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Justice Ginsburg,

"AND THE AGE OF CONSENT: Several days ago, I ran across an allegation — one which has been repeated in quite a few places — that a 1977 U.S. Commission on Civil Rights report, co-drafted by then-Professor Ruth Bader Ginsburg, suggested that the age of consent be lowered to 12. That struck me as a likely myth or an out-of-context quote, so I decided to look into it.

To my surprise, the allegation seems largely accurate, though in the limited context of the federal territorial and maritime jurisdiction. (The report was referring only to federal law, and most sex crimes are covered by state law rather than federal law.)" (more)
---------------
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg

"Ginsburg's co-authorship of a 1977 U.S. Commission on Civil Rights report, titled Sex Bias in the U.S. Code, has continued to be a lightning rod of controversy for allegedly advocating that the age of consent be lowered to 12 in the federal territorial and maritime jurisdiction regarding statutory rape. In essence, this stance would make it legal for a man over 18 years of age to engage in sexual intercourse with a girl of 12 years. However, the specific intent of the paragraph in question, located on page 102 of the report, remains contentious."
---------------
Seems like a flimsy argument for Sen. Graham to base his case, but is that new news from these folks?