The Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) decided today to waive oral argument regarding its pending Motion for Preliminary Injunction filed in the SORNA regulations challenge. The decision to waive oral argument was made by PLF after the court delayed six times the date of the hearing on that motion.
In the absence of oral argument regarding the motion, the court will make its decision based upon the extensive written record provided by both parties. The court does not have a deadline by which to make its decision, which could affect the continued enforcement of SORNA regulations which became effective in January 2022.
Must be pretty confident to waive oral arguments.
Godspeed a favorable judgement!
So, what does that mean in plain English? If there is no deadline, they can apply SORNA indefinitely, forever?
This at least gets the ball rolling. But everyone should not expect an immediate ruling. We may be surprised with a quick decision but it is not unusual for courts to “sit on the case” for extensive periods of time. I’ve seen the court take up to two years to announce. If some time goes by, it will be up to the Pacific Legal Foundation attorneys as to whether or not they want to try to ‘goose the court’, and ask for an estimate as to when they’ll respond. Strategically, it may not be wise as one does not want to ‘tick off the court’. In any event, there is no ‘set way’ to get a court to make a ‘timely ruling’, so all should just be patient. When it happens, it happens.
I read the briefs, but I’m assuming there is more documentation that was submitted to the court?
Fingers crossed.
The other, OTHER Fed non Party will not be factual, that’s for sure. ANYTHING AGAINST the truth against other opposing party PLF.
there is a so case i think in the 11th its in AL. that’s waiting a decision for 5 years!!!
Personally, I don’t like the idea of waiving the oral argument.
Was this maybe why all of the stalling was being done-to take away the thunder of the PLF?
It seems to me that this was a compromise that could cost the PLF a favorable outcome.
Not having a hearing allows the “court” in a better position to rig the outcome against Registered Citizens. If I’ve learned one thing from the whole Kangaroo Court experience that many of us have gone through, don’t expect the “Justice for All” that we were all brainwashed and indoctrinated with, when we were all forced to recite the Pledge of Allegiance while in school.
Personally, I expect nothing by injustice from the “government.”
“Land of the Free, Home of the Brave” my ass.
Probably the intent of delaying the hearing over and over. Now it’ll sit at that court for several years (at least) – another trick courts like to do to avoid making rulings they don’t want to make when facts and law would force them to.
I, for one, would love to hear Janice’s thoughts on this PLF decision and it’s potential outcome. Perhaps an appeal is certain regardless of the decision. 🤷🏻♂️
I’m so sick of this House of Cards that we call “America,” “Land of the Free.”
Point is, country is going to shit. Over one million Americans have gone through the “system” and have been labeled Registered Sex Offenders. Over 100 million have also gone through the system, given various punishments by the corrupt, Ill-forsaken “government.”
Honestly, I don’t know how much longer this Certified Shit Show 💩 can go on, whether if you’re shackled by an arbitrary “sex offender” label, the thousands of dollars of student loans the system has tricked so many people into taking, or some other government-designed trap that they’ve created for us.
Our “leaders” say it’s for “public safety,” but it sure is hard to believe when these are the same type of dirty, corrupt people who have made it so that a child is now more likely to have to register as a sex offender, than to be victimized by one. (On the same token, these are the same leaders who have designed a system in which our kids are tied up, often for their lifetimes, with student loans.)
We’re all living in the Matrix. But as long as we’re all still alive, I sure hope it gets better. Not just for the adults. But also our future generations, that will have to live in the Certified Shit Show that our so-called government, and its leaders, have burdened everyone with.
Question, are the new SORNA laws in effect today? If anyone who has their case expunged, off the registry and wants to get a passport, then will they have a sex offender demarcation in the passport?
This PLF lawsuit is seeking an injunction, meaning to pause the new SORNA law. Only in CA are we recognized as no longer part of the registry, but we travel outside of CA, then we are back on the registry? Or is SORNA being applied to CA when CA isn’t part of SORNA?
This is a question for Janice, or anyone that wants to take a crack at it. As most of us know, NY and Wisconsin require people to actively register every year, even if they no longer live in those states. Even if they live overseas, they have to actively register and update their info. Suppose one of those states were to adopt the new SORNA guidelines which require in person registration. Does that null and void the requirement, for those that no longer live in the state, to have to register?
Personally, if I were a “judge,” I’d be embarrassed to hold a hearing, with a courtroom filled with American citizens, most of whom have paid for their crime with their sentence, labeled as “Registered Sex Offenders.”
Nothing says Failed State and Banana Republic like an arbitrary label, under the auspices of what should be ‘innocent until proven guilty,’ for people who most likely will never sexually reoffend. Notwithstanding the fact that sexual recidivism actually increased after the introduction of Megan’s Law in the mid-90’s (a biproduct of then-Senator Biden’s tough of crime laws), the fact that a kid is now more likely to eventually become a Registered Sex Offender than to be victimized by one, as well as America having prison populations much bigger than China, Russia, and North Korea.
Knowing all of this, imagine preceding over a courtroom filled with American citizens labeled as Registered Sex Offenders, especially after you swore an oath to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” Then on top of this all, assuming the judge knows that Smith v. Doe was fraudulently argued, by none other than current “Chief Justice” John Roberts, when he was Solicitor General, and that Smith was based on a junk recidivism statistic, I don’t know how anyone would not be embarrassed to represent such a Shitty Institution. To top it all off, this is the same dude who led a court to strip women of their Right to Choose.
What a Shithole “judiciary.”
Again, with about one million people labeled, by the “courts,” as Registered Sex Offenders, as a judge, I would avoid having a hearing, if not for the mere reason of having to face a courtroom filled with people, as well as their family and friends, that the “justice system” has scammed and failed.
This is what I posted about what happened to my family here in CA.
Please pray for the family, we’re still without contact to my brother who’s supposedly still in jail. I was with him. They put us in quarantine lockdown where we would be tested for covid daily. But I think the real purpose of the lockdown was delaying our cases. My brother hasn’t called here at home, I don’t even know if he has our number or if he’s even alive still. We were both healthy people before the August 3 2022 raid. I hope he’s ok.
Is the judge going to wait on the ACLU led challenge in michigan to be decided? Both are challenging SORA on similar grounds in Federal Court.
Why should this court go out on a limb, when they can sit and maybe match the Michigan decision?
Of course Michigan began back in February, so… stands to reason it will come to a decision before this challenge. Michigan got a big head start.