Positive Liberty

This Reuters news item informs us that the Supreme Court declined to hear a case challenging Alabama’s law against sex toys. Given Lawrence vs. Texas, it would seem that the case should be a no-brainer: What interest could the state possibly have in criminalizing “[devices] designed or marketed as useful primarily for the stimulation of human genital organs?” I mean really, what’s the rationale for it?

My favorite part of the law, though, is going to leave me smiling all day long. It makes a special exemption for “a bona fide medical, scientific, educational, legislative, judicial or law enforcement purpose.”

A legislative purpose?

[Crossposted at Liberty & Power.]

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