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MI: Treatment of sex offenders depends on whether they’ve challenged rules

·June 7, 2018
·10 Comments

Eight months after the U.S. Supreme Court effectively upheld a decision saying parts of Michigan's sex offender registry law — one of the toughest in the nation — were unconstitutional,…

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Briefing the Supreme Court: Promoting Science or Myth?

·April 1, 2018
·15 Comments

The Supreme Court recently decided, in Packingham v. North Carolina, whether North Carolina’s ban on the use of social networking websites by registered sex offenders is constitutional. The principal legal…

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The Supreme Court May Revive a Legal Theory Last Used to Strike Down New Deal Laws

·March 5, 2018
·33 Comments

[UPDATED links 3/9/18] [slate.com] On Monday, the Supreme Court agreed to hear Gundy v. United States, a constitutional challenge to federal sex offender regulations. If, like me, you believe that America’s…

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PA: U.S. Supreme Court denies appeal of sex offender decision

·January 22, 2018
·314 Comments

The U.S. Supreme Court will not hear a challenge to a recent state court ruling that determined part of Pennsylvania's sex offender registration law was unconstitutional. Full Article Related https://floridaactioncommittee.org/scotus-refuses-to-hear-pa-case-that-found-sex-offender-registry-punishment/…

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Sex offender registries endanger the lives they’re meant to protect

·October 25, 2017
·9 Comments

Our communities deserve effective public-safety measures that are based on facts and sound research, not wasteful and counterproductive measures born of fear. We all want to be safe. We have…

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MI: SCOTUS denies review in Snyder v. Doe

·October 2, 2017
·237 Comments

UPDATE: Statement from the Michigan ACLU The U.S. Supreme Court announced today that it will not hear the State of Michigan’s appeal in a challenge to the state¹ sex offender…

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MN: Supreme Court Won’t Hear Minnesota Sex Offender Case

·October 2, 2017
·25 Comments

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that it won't hear a challenge to Minnesota's sex offender civil commitment system (Karsjens v Piper), which allows people who have been deemed sexually…

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Will SCOTUS Let Fear of Sex Offenders Trump Justice?

·September 27, 2017
·31 Comments

Two cases give the Court a chance to reconsider its counterintuitive conclusions about commitment and registration. According to the U.S. Supreme Court, locking up sex offenders after they have completed…

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Sex offender laws and the 6th Circuit’s Ex Post Facto Clause ruling

·September 24, 2017
·55 Comments

I wanted to add a few words to co-blogger Jonathan Adler’s posting about the recent 6th Circuit decision in Doe v. Snyder, in which the court voided application of the…

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PA: Cumberland County DA Freed to request U.S. Supreme Court review of sex offender decision

·July 28, 2017
·285 Comments

Roughly two weeks ago the Pennsylvania Supreme Court deemed the state’s current sex offender registration law to be punishment and ultimately barred by both the state and federal constitutions when…

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Sex offender consequences in the Supreme Court – what’s ahead?

·July 19, 2017
·3 Comments

“The Supreme Court’s Mixed Signals in Packingham” is the title of a thoughtful comment by Bidish Sarma analyzing the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Packingham v. North Carolina, recently published on the…

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SCOTUS: High court won’t hear sex offender case

·June 26, 2017
·62 Comments

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined a request to review a McLean County case involving the issue of whether registered sex offenders should have access to social media. Full Article…

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SCOTUS Symposium: Packingham and Fact-Checking the Supreme Court

·June 26, 2017
·4 Comments

Last week’s decision in Packingham v. North Carolina is getting a lot of attention in part because of this fact checker column in the Washington Post. Packingham involved a challenge…

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MN: Even Sex Offenders Have Constitutional Rights

·June 22, 2017
·6 Comments

On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that a North Carolina preventing sex offenders from accessing social media and other websites – without any attempt to tailor restrictions to potential contact with minors…

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Justice Alito’s misleading claim about sex offender rearrests

·June 21, 2017
·56 Comments

"Repeat sex offenders pose an especially grave risk to children. ‘When convicted sex offenders reenter society, they are much more likely than any other type of offender to be rearrested…

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TX: Supreme Court ruling could imperil Texas sex offender rules

·June 20, 2017
·10 Comments

Texas rules barring some sex offenders from using certain websites were thrown into jeopardy Monday morning after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a similar statute in North Carolina violates…

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SCOTUS Rules Justly in Packingham Case

·June 19, 2017
·104 Comments

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously today that a North Carolina law which prohibits all registrants from accessing commercial social networking websites used by minor children violates the First Amendment…

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IL: Supreme Court asked to review McLean County sex offender issue

·June 4, 2017
·49 Comments

The U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to review a case against a Normal man to determine the constitutionality of Illinois' rules mandating that sex offenders report all their internet activity to authorities.…

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