Can Larry Craig be Found Guilty in the Court of Public Opinion?
(OKLAHOMA CITY) On the facts as argued by the ACLU in a friend of the court filing, and outlined in this story from www.Bloomberg.com ( http://tinyurl.com/2b7hew ) , to me it looks as if the wily and cunning coyote, Larry Craig, will get off again, pardon the pun, by thumbing his nose at the decency he pretends to legislate from the floor of the United States Senate. Just in case you’ve been living under a rock since late last summer, Senator Larry Craig of Idaho–now in his last session of Congress since he’s promised to resign, but will change his mind if enough people beg him to stay–was charged with disruptive behavior in the Minneapolis airport when observed by an undercover policeman engaging in what the cop says was sexual solicitation. There is a 1970 precedent in Minnesota that private solicitation of sexual activity in a private place can not be found illegal, as spying by police in a public restroom is an unreasonable search and therefore unconstitutional. The Court has yet
