Should Herman Cain be prosecuted under the Mann Act?
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I don't know if he should be prosecuted or not, but it won't happen because that would create a really bad precedent for all the other prosecutors and lawyers that have ever done the exact same thing.
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How could he have violated the law when there is evidence to suggest that the affair didn't even take place to begin with.
Someone undergoing chemo like that isn't likely to be able to have an affair, much less if they've had surgery on top of the chemo.
Dude, do you know anybody who has had cancer?
The chemo increases the probability that they would have an affair. The emotional and psychological pressure is tremendous. People eject spouses from their lives over it.
Typically the one having the affair isn't the one undergoing chemo, seriously I highly doubt Herman Cain would have been able to have an affair between the chemo, the surgeries, etc.
You're the sex expert now? Unless the chemo made his dick fall off, I can guarantee you he was still thinking about getting laid.
And no, he shouldn't be prosecuted. Only a democratic president could be prosecuted for something silly like this.
And I feel cheated that the focus never got back around to his 999 plan so it could resume getting ripped to shreds. I was looking forward to that
So Cain was Gingrich in revese- instead of cheating on his spouse when his spouse was hospital bound- he did the cheating when he himself was in iC!
Its possible he did it I suppose.
What matters is whats legile, not whats moral....except whats moral does matter when they get around to actually enforcing laws.
Assuming he did what hes a accused of- he could theoretically be charged under tha mann act, but millons of aliens work in the US without green cards, and tens of millions of Americans smoke pot every week, and none of these lawbreakers get hassled by law enforcement.
Some laws just dont get enforced unless theres a moral political decision being made by society to enforce them.
And (about the Mann act itsself) as someone pointed out there is sex tourism. So this is the kind of law breaking thats not likely to be enforced upon.
Also- wouldnt the statute of limitations apply? This all happened some years ago.
Imagine if during the campain of '92 if Bill and Hillary had suddenly been busted for having smoked pot decades earlier in collage. It wouldve looked suspiciously like Herbert Walker Bush was secretly pressuring the Justice Department to selectively prosecute the Democratic frontrunner ( and it wouldve been past the statute of limitations anyway).
Well, some of them get hassled by law enforcement. I think that most of the occupants of our penitentiaries are there for having been found in violation of narcotics laws.
Perhaps. However, Herman Cain is a serial molester, a groper, an adulterer, a philanderer, and a pervert. A few years in a penitentiary would certainly do him a world of good.
If I were to go to Nevada, where prostitution and adultery are both legal, and hire a prostitute, then I would not be in violation of the Mann Act. If I were to bring another person with me, with the intention of the other person engaging in sexual acts that would be illegal in his home state, then I would be in violation of the Mann Act.
Herman broke off his affair with Ginger just before entering the presidential race. That was recent enough.
How could he have violated the law when there is evidence to suggest that the affair didn't even take place to begin with.
Someone undergoing chemo like that isn't likely to be able to have an affair, much less if they've had surgery on top of the chemo.
Dude, do you know anybody who has had cancer?
The chemo increases the probability that they would have an affair. The emotional and psychological pressure is tremendous. People eject spouses from their lives over it.
Typically the one having the affair isn't the one undergoing chemo, seriously I highly doubt Herman Cain would have been able to have an affair between the chemo, the surgeries, etc.
Plus, we haven't even considered the kind of life-changing (as in clean-up-your-life) effects such near-death experiences often have on people. I would surmise that few Christians recover from a long Stage IV cancer ordeal -- a "deathbed" type situation -- and then say, "Okay, now back to lying to my wife and continuing my extra-marital affair! Sorry I'm going to break all those recent promises, God!" I mean, look at that type of situation realistically in your mind's eye before you judge; even Aspies can do this, even though it involves some social analysis and prediction.
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What's funny about this is that I'll bet sex crimes are actually okay in your book.
It's such fancy dress when liberals don Puritan bonnets.
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Christianity is different than Judaism only in people's minds -- not in the Bible.
From the Christian play book
But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Whether you look at the Bible, or Georgia State Law, or the Mann Act, Herman Cain is a sexual offender and a criminal.
But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Whether you look at the Bible, or Georgia State Law, or the Mann Act, Herman Cain is a sexual offender and a criminal.
I think it is unconscionable to be accused of sexual crimes. I don't know how people who are accused of such can live with themselves. The courts waste so much time and money trying such cases, when all the legal system needs to do is jail all those horribly-accused people!
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I suppose that you could try.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAN-SPAM_Act_of_2003
The CAN-SPAM Act is occasionally referred to as the "You-Can-Spam" Act because while the bill does not explicitly legitimize e-mail spam, it preempts laws that allowed for (among other things) easier prosecution and rights to private action. In particular, it does not require e-mailers to get permission before they send marketing messages. It also prevents states from enacting stronger anti-spam protections, and prohibits individuals who receive spam from suing spammers. The Act has been largely unenforced, despite a letter to the FTC from Senator Burns, who noted that "Enforcement is key regarding the CAN-SPAM legislation." In January 2004, the month the law went into effect, less than 1% of spam complied with the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003.
It doesn't look like you would get very far, though.
About as far as you'd get with your Mann act prosecution. Now change the words prosecuted and act to moderated and rule, and my chances start looking a bit better.
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