Janice’s Journal: We Have Momentum on Our Side!

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We stopped a bill (AB 1568) earlier this month that could have blocked many registrants from petitioning for removal from the registry.  Then we stopped a second bill (AB 2753) that could have prohibited anyone convicted of a sex offense from running for or serving in public office. 

We have momentum on our side!

And that is a good thing because ACSOL is now facing its first challenge involving the U.S. Supreme Court.  The challenge comes in the form of a petition for certiorari filed by the Attorney General (AG) of Missouri asking the Court to review an important decision issued by the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in favor of registrants.

Never mind that the trial court decided that the Missouri state law requiring all registrants to post a sign on their home was unconstitutional.  Never mind that the appellate court affirmed that decision.  Never mind that the U.S. Supreme Court grants less than one percent of all petitions filed.

The battleground has been set and now we must apply our momentum to the task at hand.  We must convince the Court that there is no need to review two federal court decisions that protect registrants’ First Amendment rights.

There are those who believe that registrants have NO rights.  One of those is the Attorney General of Missouri who suggested early in the case that a person convicted of a sex offense is not protected by the First Amendment or any other provision in the Constitution.

If the Court decides to grant the AG’s petition and chooses to review the wise decisions issued by the trial court and appellate court, we will emphasize that registrants do in fact have constitutional rights.  And we will fight for those rights.

We have momentum on our side!  And it’s time to apply that momentum to this good cause.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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You Go JaNice! ALL THE WAY TO SCOTUS

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Excellent work, Janice. Perhaps this might be an opportunity for us to overturn the mess created by a very poorly worded Supreme Court fallacy regarding recidivism among those convicted of a sex offense is, “frightening and high.” I can just imagine the moment factual statistics replace the more highly-charged fictional version that makes registration more punitive than a Price Club (now Costco) membership for so many of us.

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