Supreme Court docket: Louisiana v. Hill (2021)
I'm aware that my legalposting is usually too long so I'll try to be as brief as I can this time.
Tazin Ardell Hill is a man who in 2010 was convicted of "carnal knowledge of a juvenile" for fucking a 14-year-old femoid (he was 32 at the time). In 2016, a police officer noticed that he had scratched off the big, orange words "sex offender" off his ID. He was charged with fraudulently altering his ID.
Hill's attorneys argued that the "sex offender" designation was compelled speech (a doctrine that originated in West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943)) and consequently unconstitutional under the First Amendment. A Louisiana District Court, siding with Hill, reasoned that the "sex offender" designation on ID cards was not the "least restrictive" measure to achieve a "compelling state interest" and therefore failed strict scrutiny. Louisiana state prosecutors appealed to the state Supreme Court, and the Louisiana Supreme Court gave Hill another win, striking down the law requiring ID cards to designate sex offenders.
In December 2020, the State of Louisiana applied to the U.S. Supreme Court to stay the Louisiana Supreme Court's order (see Hill's brief in opposition here). The U.S. Supreme Court quietly denied it two weeks later.
The State of Louisiana filed for certiorari just last month.
Anyways I just want to know what everyone thinks. Time for another poll.
I'm aware that my legalposting is usually too long so I'll try to be as brief as I can this time.
Tazin Ardell Hill is a man who in 2010 was convicted of "carnal knowledge of a juvenile" for fucking a 14-year-old femoid (he was 32 at the time). In 2016, a police officer noticed that he had scratched off the big, orange words "sex offender" off his ID. He was charged with fraudulently altering his ID.
Hill's attorneys argued that the "sex offender" designation was compelled speech (a doctrine that originated in West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943)) and consequently unconstitutional under the First Amendment. A Louisiana District Court, siding with Hill, reasoned that the "sex offender" designation on ID cards was not the "least restrictive" measure to achieve a "compelling state interest" and therefore failed strict scrutiny. Louisiana state prosecutors appealed to the state Supreme Court, and the Louisiana Supreme Court gave Hill another win, striking down the law requiring ID cards to designate sex offenders.
In December 2020, the State of Louisiana applied to the U.S. Supreme Court to stay the Louisiana Supreme Court's order (see Hill's brief in opposition here). The U.S. Supreme Court quietly denied it two weeks later.
The State of Louisiana filed for certiorari just last month.
Anyways I just want to know what everyone thinks. Time for another poll.
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