I’m all for creativity and don’t usually criticize anyone’s ideas, but this one is unrealistic and down right not good.
I’m all for a more perfect South Carolina, but this may be the most naive attempt at it that I can think of. Maybe it’s a publicity stunt. Who knows….
Perhaps Senator Ford is trying to put 1000 Sandlappers in every single South Carolina jail cell, or perhaps he’s trying to fix the state’s economy by charging $5,000 per cuss word. Whatever he’s doing, the bill is ridOnculous and I hope it doesn’t require much time in committee or on the floor.
P.S. I know this isn’t breaking news or anything, as the bill was all over the internet a few days ago. It just made me shake my head so many times that I thought it deserved a mention.
There’s no question that the bill is patently unconstitutional. For a good take on that: http://volokh.com/posts/1232042037.shtml