The Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws (ACSOL) is dedicated to protecting the Constitution by restoring the civil rights of registrants and their families. In order to achieve that objective, ACSOL will educate and litigate as well as support or oppose legislation. The ACSOL website and recordings are provided as a service to registrants, registrants’ families, and others for general information only. The information on the website and in the recordings are not designed to provide legal or other advice or to create an attorney-client relationship. You should not take, or refrain from taking, action based on their content. Prior results and case studies do not guarantee a similar outcome in future representations. ACSOL accepts no responsibility for any loss or damages that may result from accessing or reliance on content on the ACSOL website and recordings and disclaim, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all liability with respect to acts or omissions made by registrants, registrants’ families and others on the basis of content on the ACSOL website.
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Webinar Nov 2: Working With Reality – Employment After Conviction
Source: Restorative Action Alliance Join the Restorative Action Alliance for an interactive, informative webinar designed to support people navigating employment after a conviction and to help you plan practical next steps. Through experience-led guidance and structured attendee breakout discussions, you’ll have space to ask questions, hear what’s worked for others, and leave with more clarity on how to move forward in the job market....
CA: Fresno Council Orders Sex Offender Housing Limits. Will They Roam Streets Instead?
Source: gvwire.com 10/23/26 The Fresno City Council directed the creation of an ordinance to restrict housing for sex offenders. The ordinance could restrict the total number of group home spaces to sex offenders to 42. City Council could approve the ordinance without knowing how many sex offenders will be left homeless. New legal action may be coming if the Fresno City Council follows through...
KY: Court upholds Kentucky’s ban on child sex dolls after constitutional challenge
Source: kentuckylantern.com 10/23/26 A Union County judge has rejected a man’s constitutional challenge of Kentucky’s ban on child sex dolls. Kenneth Moore, 50, was charged in August 2025, according to court records, with a total of 16 counts of possession or viewing matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor, promoting a sexual performance by a minor less than 16 years of age and one...
Border Agents Can Search Your Phone, and Wiping It Could Land You in Prison. Do This Instead
Source: pcmag.com Phone searches at the US border are more common than ever. Here's how to protect your privacy before you travel and what to do if CBP asks for your device. If you're headed to the airport, you're probably carrying your phone, loaded with personal information. Your boarding pass, flight information, hotel reservations—all of it is there right alongside other details like...
Homeland Security Lied About Child Porn To Search Activist’s Phone
Source: reason.com 10/21/26 The feds are charging Samuel Tunick for destroying his phone at the border. Court documents show that they refused him a lawyer and lied about why he was searched. One of the unfortunate quirks of the American system is that you can't lie to the government, but the government can lie to you. Samuel Tunick found himself on the receiving...
ACSOL Registrant Advocates Testify Before Fresno City Council
Source: ACSOL 10/22/26 Three registrant advocates today testified before the Fresno City Council in opposition to a proposed resolution that could result in reduced housing for registrants who reside in that city. Their testimony focused, in part, upon the harms that could result if many Fresno registrants were became homeless. "Public safety would decrease, not increase, if there was a significant increase in the...
U. S. Supreme Court Denies Review of Missouri Halloween Sign Challenge
Source: ACSOL The U.S. Supreme Court today denied review of the petition filed by the Missouri Attorney General in the Halloween sign challenge. In its decision, the Court noted that only one justice, Justice Samuel Alito, favored review of the petition. "The Court's decision today is a significant victory for registrants who reside in Missouri as well as registrants throughout the nation," stated ACSOL...
ACSOL In-Person Meeting in San Diego on Nov. 14, 2026
You are invited to attend ACSOL's in-person meeting in San Diego, CA on Saturday, November 14, 2026 starting at 10 a.m. The meeting will be held at: California Western School of Law Room LH-1 225 Cedar Street San Diego The meeting will include discussions regarding topics of interest to both registrants and their loved ones, including the status of proposed changes to the Tiered...
MA: MIT Scientist Wins $6 Million in Sexual Misconduct Defamation Suit Following Accusations from Younger Female Colleague
Source: people.com 10/17/26 NEED TO KNOW Former MIT scientist David Sabatini was awarded $6 million in damages after a jury sided with him in a legal battle involving sexual misconduct allegations by former colleague Kristin Knouse Knouse alleged Sabatini pressured her into a relationship and fostered a hostile workplace, while Sabatini maintained their relationship was consensual Sabatini’s attorney celebrated the verdict as “a moment...
ACSOL Online Meeting November 21, 2026
You are invited to join ACSOL Executive Director Janice Bellucci and President attorney Elie Miller to our next meeting. The meeting will be held on Saturday, November 21, online on Zoom beginning at 10 a.m. Pacific time, 1:00 PM Eastern, and will last at least two hours. There is no registration needed for this meeting. No government officials are allowed to attend the...
OH: Hysteria Alert: Vivek Ramaswamy Features Sex Offender in Campaign Ad
Source: yahoo.com for The New Republic 10/14/26 In September, Ohio GOP gubernatorial nominee Vivek Ramaswamy posted (and quickly deleted) a video on social media featuring himself shaking hands with a registered sex offender. He again featured that same man in a television campaign ad a month later, according to reporting from The Bulwark. In 2006, Amherst, Ohio, resident Vernon Edwards pleaded guilty to "gross...
IL: Vigilante Millstone the Klown targets people on the sex offender registry and those he believes support them
Source: illinoistimes.com 10/15/26 Jeff Bast, who goes by Millstone the Klown on social media, says he is protecting children. His online following has brought scrutiny to people on the sex offender registry – and fear and lost work to people around them. Lucy Reid took down the signs in broad daylight. They had been posted around Winchester for weeks, calling attention to a child...
New Report Reveals People with Felony Convictions Face Significant Restrictions When Running For Elected Office
Source: sentencingproject.org 10/15/26 A new report released by The Sentencing Project finds that far too often, people with felony convictions are excluded from representing their communities in state legislatures, city councils, school boards, and neighborhood commissions. [Washington, DC]- A new report released by The Sentencing Project today finds that far too often, people with felony convictions are excluded from representing their communities in...
CA: Elderly parole law AB 2727 could cost taxpayers millions to keep sex offenders in prison
Source: sjvsun.com 10/14/26 The new law raises the age threshold for elderly parole eligibility for convicted sex offenders, costing taxpayers millions more each year to keep them incarcerated longer. A new law taking effect in 2027 will cost taxpayers millions of dollars annually to keep convicted sex offenders incarcerated longer. The law is Assembly Bill 2727, which was introduced in the California Legislature...
CA: ‘Shame on you’: Manteca residents fume over city contract with business co-owned by registered sex offender
Source: stocktonia.org 10/14/26 A controversial contract with a cleanup company in Manteca has residents incensed that the city would do business with a registered sex offender. Manteca Property Services began working for the city in 2023, and the Manteca City Council approved its most recent agreement in March. The junk removal and trash hauling company has cleared illegal homeless encampments and provided citywide cleanup...
CA: Fresno seeks stricter regulations on group homes housing sex offenders
Source: abc30.com 10/13/26 FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Close to 1,300 sex offenders are living in Fresno, and city leaders are fighting to keep that number down. Earlier this year, a convicted child molester was nearly released from prison and sent to Fresno. "This man here is probably one of the most dangerous child predators that the state of California has ever seen," said Fresno...
FREE Course: From Reaction to Response Starting Oct 14 (7 sessions)
[Thanks to FAC for this info] Explore how thoughts influence emotions, decisions, relationships, and conflict, while learning practical strategies for responding more effectively to challenges in everyday life. Wilfredo Laracuente is a Group Facilitator with the Fortune Society, where he facilitates Cognitive Behavioral Interventions (CBI), Career Development Workshops, and programming focused on personal growth, decision-making, and successful community reintegration. A recipient of the Brian...
A New Supreme Court Case Tests the Limits of Judicial Deference to Federal Agencies
Source: reason.com 10/13/26 The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments today in an important case that asks how much judicial deference is owed to the U.S. Sentencing Commission's commentary on the federal sentencing guidelines when a judge is applying those guidelines during the sentencing of a federal criminal defendant. That may sound like a somewhat dry legal dispute, but the ramifications...
Europe stopped stamping your passport. It scans your fingers now, and it’s keeping score.
Source: msn.com 10/8/26 The passport stamp, that smudgy bit of ink that quietly covered for a lot of sloppy day-counting, is on its way out of Europe. In its place: a camera, a fingerprint scanner, and a system that never forgets a date. Since 10 April 2026, the EU’s Entry/Exit System has been fully operational across 29 European countries. If your travel plans involve...
OK: Advocates for Registrants (including ACSOL) Testify in Support of Changes to Oklahoma Registry
Source: ACSOL Three leading advocates for registrants testified this week before a legislative committee in Oklahoma in support of proposed changes to that state's registry. The changes, if adopted, would eliminate registration requirements for registrants who are physically or mentally impaired. ACSOL Executive Director Janice Bellucci provided the committee with information regarding the history of sex offender registries beginning with the creation of the...