Although I am not a lawyer, I have been spending quite some time reading about sexual crimes in my new home state of Maryland, prompted by a recent news story (first brought to my attention at Feministing and analyzed further at The Happy Feminist) about a state appeals court decision in which it was concluded that sexual consent cannot be withdrawn by a woman after vaginal penetration has occurred. The news article is both technically correct and rather misleading — the decision was somewhat complex, and a rape conviction was not "thrown out" specifically due to that conclusion, but the conclusion was made, and after some investigation, it's not the only problem that Maryland law has with sex crimes and consent.

The Montana legislature just passed a resolution directing officials to defy the PATRIOT act and not cooperate with federal investigations that violate civil rights.

Oh, hell yes; I hope other states will follow suit.