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U.S. v. Valverde Roundup

By Corey Rayburnyung

Last week, I blogged about U.S. v. Valverde, the Eastern District of California decision that dismissed a SORNA indictment on Commerce Clause grounds. Afterward, the Sacramento Bee published an article about the opinion. Unfortunately, it misstates the legal landscape concerning Commerce Clause challenges:In only the third such ruling in the nation, a Sacramento judge has found to be unconstitutional a statute that makes it a federal crime for someone to fail to register as a sex offender and relocate from one state to another.That's the first sentence of the article and it is completely wrong. As I mentioned in my previous post, there are seven such opinions. The article continues:At least 18 district judges have upheld SORNA, while only two others have found it is at cross-purposes with the commerce clause...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on February 19, 2009 (boomark / email).