Individuals who oppose the U.S. Supreme Court decision, Smith v. Doe, will conduct a vigil near that court on Saturday, March 7. The vigil will begin at 10 a.m. and last for about one hour. The vigil will be recorded but there will be no livestream of the event.
“The Supreme Court made a significant mistake when they ruled that the requirement to register is not punishment,” stated ACSOL Executive Director Janice Bellucci. “We need to remind the Court that they need to correct this mistake by overruling that decision.”
As a result of the Smith v. Doe decision, governments at every level — city, county, state and federal — have passed new laws that harm people required to register and applied them retroactively. These laws have resulted in many registrants being unemployed or underemployed as well some registrants being homeless.
“Research conducted by academia and government agencies reach the same conclusion, that is, registries do not prevent sexual abuse,” stated Bellucci. “In addition, the registries hurt those required to register as well as their families.”
There is no need to sign up to join the vigil this year. Please show up around 9:30 a.m. if possible. The street address for the Court is 1 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.
“These laws have resulted in many registrants being unemployed or underemployed as well some registrants being homeless”
Not even the tip of the iceberg of the harm this unlawful act of the government has caused to PFR, their families, employers, co-employees, and even neighbors…
The victim list of harm caused by the registry is endless!
SCOTUS has blessed not only Peonage, but also Bills of attainder/ Pains and Penalties, and perhaps most notoriously, Democide!
Every level of government has proven itself in violation of multiple U.S. Codes by enacting, enforcing, and sanctioning this unlawful Act that they are using to knowingly harm the public in a multitude of ways, and deliberately incite the murder of many members of the public!
The record is long established; they can’t say they didn’t know!
These unlawful government actions must be prosecuted under the codes they have violated, as no one is above the law, and the U.S. Code applies to them!
SCOTUS has sanctioned this attack on public safety by ignoring not only the law, but also turning a blind eye to the public’s cries for help and choosing Deliberate Indifference to the criminal Acts of the government against the very people it is mandated to protect.
PFR and those connected to them = the same public that is owed the same equal protection of the laws!
These laws sacrifice public protection, promote death, and protect NONE!
SCOTUS must weigh the lives lost to this act against the lives saved by it.
If it denies the tip of the scale, it is corrupt!
The list of Constitutional Protections robbed from the public under this criminal act against the people must be reversed NOW!
This act is being used to endanger and kill equal standing members of the public, using a knowingly false narrative, under the guise of public safety, !!
The ALI recognizes the facts, so must the court!
The Court MUST grant EMERGENCY RELIEF! LIVES ARE BEING LOST!
Janice (a true hero for PFR and their families) has put the Court on notice, and the blood of these lives is undeniably on their hands!
Maybe if she wrote it as a magazine article, they would consider it?
I know this is minor because registry does place an effective restraint on so many other aspects of a registrant’s life, but how do they justify disqualification from jury duty in the state of California? If registration is just an administrative requirement, why would it disqualify someone from serving as a juror who has completely served their punishment and debt to society? The next step, which is not a far leap, is removing our right to vote. Registration provides states a legal loophole for stripping the civil rights of registrants.
I hope citizens forced to register, their loved ones, advocates, and others are able to attend in Washington DC that we as a community have TDS ( Tired of Damaging Stupidity) regarding sex offense laws, registry restrictions, and the abuses that stem from Smith v Doe.
No conference this year in DC?
Folks lost the plot on the intent of the 2023 vigil– 2023 marked the 20th anniversary of Smith v. Doe. This is 2026, 30 years since Megan’s Law passed, 20 years since the Adam Walsh passed, and ten years since IML. If you’re going to have some kind of public event, forget SCOTUS, maybe choose a better venue this time!
” Justices what is that smell surrounding you. It’s your own bs, shredding of our Constitution, and money falling in your laps. None of you prince charming, but all of the men are unconstitutional and if Thomas Paine were alive today he’d have some words to share with you.” Smith v Doe, Adam Walsh Act and all the other bs are unconstitutional.
SCOTUS Is put on notice that their actions in Smith are directly responsible for the bloodshed of many innocent victims!
The Court MUST be held accountable for its actions against those whom it has betrayed by sacrificing their public safety, blessing this unconstitutional act to be perpetrated against them!
Through its use of slander and libel, the “frightening and high” fraud, at the highest level, IS undeniably responsible for inciting all the innocent bloodshed under this act.
Scotus must demand a state-by-state list of every innocent SORNA/SORA victim of the public who has suffered harm or been murdered because of this unconstitutional act that sacrifices their safety and well-being by deliberately inciting violence against them under the guise of public safety!
It MUST weigh this list of murders against the lives it has been shown to save.
The tip of the scale does not lie!
EMERGENCY RELIEF! The Blood of the innocent is on SCOTUS’s hands!