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States Can’t Make Up New Laws to Punish Old Conduct Just Because They Call Them “Civil”

·October 14, 2018
·42 Comments

Article I, Section 10 of the Constitution provides that “[n]o State shall … pass any … Ex Post Facto law.” The Ex Post Facto Clause was incorporated into the Constitution…

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Sex offender registry sparks Supreme Court debate over congressional powers

·October 3, 2018
·33 Comments

Supreme Court justices on Tuesday grappled with how much power Congress can pass on to federal agencies in a case that could change the way Capitol Hill legislates. Full Article…

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SCOTUS: Justices face nondelegation challenge to federal sex-offender registration law

·September 25, 2018
·70 Comments

Argument Preview: Congress enacted the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act. One provision of SORNA created a requirementthat a convicted sex offender register with every jurisdiction in which he resides,…

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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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New Civil Liberties Alliance to Supreme Court: “Don’t let the Attorney General write criminal laws”

·June 2, 2018
·26 Comments

[news-journal.com - 6/1/18] The Constitution vests all legislative powers in Congress, and thus bars Congress from splitting its authority with an unelected executive official. Nonetheless, when Congress in 2006 wrote…

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This Case Could Help Prevent Congress From Outsourcing Its Power

·April 22, 2018
·7 Comments

[heritage.org 3/8/18] Gundy v. United States could result in a ruling that would challenge Congress' tendency to delegate lawmaking authority to executive offices. Key takeaways: SORNA established a comprehensive system…

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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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This Case Could Help Prevent Congress From Outsourcing Its Power

·March 9, 2018
·19 Comments

[dailysignal.com] How much authority can Congress give to the attorney general to effectively write the criminal laws? That’s a question the Supreme Court will address next term in a newly…

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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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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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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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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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