Cato @ Liberty » policy perspectives http://www.cato-at-liberty.org Cato Institute Blog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:19:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 New at Cato: Nat Hentoff on Hate Crimes http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/new-at-cato-nat-hentoff-on-hate-crimes/ http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/new-at-cato-nat-hentoff-on-hate-crimes/#comments Thu, 14 May 2009 20:17:49 +0000 Chris Moody http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/?p=7228 By Chris Moody

With the support of President Obama, so-called “hate crime” legislation is on the move in Congress. According to Cato senior fellow Nat Hentoff, laws that punish one time for the crime and another time for the hate violate the First Amendment, the 14th Amendment and protections against Double Jeopardy. In April, Hentoff spoke at the Cato [...]

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With the support of President Obama, so-called “hate crime” legislation is on the move in Congress. According to Cato senior fellow Nat Hentoff, laws that punish one time for the crime and another time for the hate violate the First Amendment, the 14th Amendment and protections against Double Jeopardy.

In April, Hentoff spoke at the Cato Policy Perspectives seminar in New York City about the current expansion of hate crime legislation.

New at Cato: Nat Hentoff on Hate Crimes is a post from Cato @ Liberty - Cato Institute Blog

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