Posted by David Kopel: Alabama Sex Toy Case: Glenn Reynolds [1]denounces the 11th Circuit for upholding an Alabama ban on the sale of sex toys, and links to a newspaper [2]column criticizing the opinion. In a 2000 [3]article in the Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, Reynolds and I argued that such cases can be resolved without need to address the question of a constitutional right of sexual privacy: laws such as Alabama's are void because they are not within the scope of the state's "police power."
References 1. http://instapundit.com/archives/021469.php 2. http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/opinion/columnists/vassilaros/s_307613.html 3. http://www.davekopel.com/CJ/LawRev/EvolvingPolicePower.htm _______________________________________________ Volokh mailing list [email protected] http://highsorcery.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volokh
