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New Draft of "One of These Laws" on SSRN

By Corey Rayburnyung

I have posted a new draft of my article, One of These Laws is Not Like the Others: Why the Federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act Raises New Constitutional Questions, forthcoming in the Harvard Journal of Legislation. Here is the abstract:In 2003, the United States Supreme Court issued its only two opinions regarding the constitutionality of sex offender registration and notification statutes. The two opinions, Smith v. Doe (?Smith?) and Connecticut Department of Public Safety v. Doe (?DPS?), upheld the Alaska and Connecticut registry and notification laws against Ex Post Facto Clause and due process challenges. Three years later, the federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (?SORNA?) was passed as part of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on January 23, 2009 (boomark / email).