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11th Circuit Rejects Constitutional Challenges to SORNA

Courtesy of Sex Crimes So does this mean that if any sex offender travels to another state,they have to notify the local sheriff, even if they stay for 1 day? 03/06/2009 By Corey Rayburn Yung In United States v. Ambert (PDF), the 11th Circuit reviewed and rejected all of the major constitutional challenges to SORNA prosecutions under 2250(a). I had never heard of this case before, perhaps because the defendant was represented by a private attorney. Here is how the 11th Circuit addressed the Commerce Clause argument: We have not had occasion to address this issue, although several district courts in this Circuit have done so. Most have found SORNA to be a proper regulation under Congress? commerce power.... One district court, however, found that SORNA, 42 U...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on March 08, 2009 (boomark / email).