AZ: Loss in Arizona – Lifetime registration not unconstitutional
In granting the state’s motion for summary judgment, a District Court Judge in Arizona upheld the constitutionality of lifetime registration for persons required to register as sex offenders. The lawsuit challenged requirements that mandate lifetime registration on the state’s sex offender registry and other reporting requirements, such as mandatory disclosure of online identifiers. Plaintiffs argued the measures were overly burdensome and unconstitutional.
This case, however, is not the only challenge to the registry in Arizona. In 2024, lawmakers expanded the number of people who are posted to the registry and created a new requirement for sex offenders with children to report their child’s name and school. Months later, three people who would be affected by those laws filed a lawsuit claiming their civil rights are being infringed and questioning their constitutionality. That legal challenge to block the new requirements is ongoing.
You can read the court’s decision in Doe v. Sheridan below:
AZ Doe v. Sheridan Order
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In truth we know that SORNA is in fact unconstitutional, that being said we also know that nothing will be done about it. Until such time as they develop other registries so that they may rule the people rather than govern us this will continue. Yet we must fight it until either we win or are in our graves. I hope for a Court to judge the issue by the constitution however we know that would be career suicide for the Judge. At least we have had some minor wins that have scratched the armor of the SORNA. Each dent and scratch we put in it could ultimately cause it to fail.
Good Evening all. I would keep an Eye on the SCOTUS case concerning President Trumps Tariffs. Justice Neil Gorsuch, a Trump appointee, seemed particularly interested in the issue, asking Sauer if Congress could “delegate to the president the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations as he sees fit.”
This case, if it goes by the way of delegation of powers could possibly open up a revisit of Gundy.
Are attorneys who specialize in constitutional law and human rights laws arguing these cases? Like really experienced knowledgeable seasoned attorneys?
If a German court has found Florida’s registry to be the same horrific thing the nazis did to jews decades ago, why can’t courts in the “land of the free” discern the same thing?
Are we going to have to wait another hundred years after the atrocities happen here in America, after the damage has happened, for everyone to realize what is happening right now? If they get their way with this reset…the WEF has been talking about this “great reset“ since 2020…the truth could be buried forever.
I recently read that article again and the German court’s decision and it got me thinking…. please stick with me, it’s all relative.
We were at the beach a few years ago and a dude struck up a conversation with me because he saw the book I was reading. He’s a middle school teacher in Melbourne, FL. He is very intelligent and knowledgeable. He had focused on world and American history and questions led him to researching the hidden unofficial documented truth. He shared some history that could very well explain why Florida lawmakers have been compared to using nazi tactics.
He asked if I knew that during Operation Paperclip, well known and documented, when nazi officers, organizers and OSS spies were infiltrating America, a lot of them lived at a large camp that was located where the municipal golf course sits now.
He had the same reaction as me when he found the evidence…not much of a shock based on all our research to date. I got to thinking about how I’ve always felt a negative vibe when we pass the golf course every time we go to the beach, the farmers market and other events.
That teacher filled in some of the gaps in my research. He said they were the ones who started nasa and that’s a whole different story of deception I will not go into here. But it’s all connected.
So my recent thoughts, after reading the German court’s decision again… How many of those nazis infiltrated Florida governments? That was exactly the intention. How many current legislators and local municipalities and counties are offspring of those infiltrators? They’ve done it all before around the world.
You can be assured that they do train their offspring into the cult. Ask Sabrina Wallace, daughter of an OSS family. She provides the documentation.
Don’t you agree that it sure makes sense of everything, especially in the light of the German court’s opinion?
And a very brief look into Ron Book’s ancestry reveals that his parents did, in fact, live in Germany. I have so many more questions now about that family.
America is under attack whether you believe it or not. They’ve done this 5 times before and they’re doing it again. The war in Germany was about more than the official narrative tells. We have maybe a couple years to stop it or EVERYONE faces the same fate.
We need some really big guns fighting these absolutely UNconstitutional legal fictions ASAP! I am constantly praying to win a massive lotto jackpot of so many hundreds of millions of dollars that we can use to stop this dystopian plan that they intend to make permanent this time.
Ending this and other registries is an absolute must because these registries are the roots of total destruction. Money makes things happen and we need a lot more of it.
I do not currently feel that the UN is going to help with this issue. Agenda 2030 is the UN‘s plan.
This is where I hope there is a national database at the national office who has tracked and keeps track of cases such as this which are brought regardless of wins or losses. It needs to be tracked by topic, state, rulings, attys, and the such so these cases can be referred to for winning points and to avoid losing points as well as those areas where the case happened since we know each area rules differently regardless of what basic constitutionality says. Someone needs to be analyzing these closely to avoid bad case precedents which damage the cause. It needs to be strategically and tactically coordinated across the board, coast to coast, with those involved. Many good attys are involved and they need to be consulted in cases to avoid damages.
Many law firms have access to LexisNexis or Westlaw.
“If a German court has found Florida’s registry to be the same horrific thing the nazis did to jews decades ago, why can’t courts in the “land of the free” discern the same thing?”
This isn’t entirely true, if you’re referring to Steven Whitsett’s case. While Whitsett was granted asylum in 2022, the German court did NOT condemn the US registry (even stating it served a legitimate purpose). Asylum status was granted because Florida had told German authorities that Whitsett would be receiving 18 years for FTR and potential civil commitment, which Germany considered excessive punishment.
He was NOT granted asylum. “Therefore, after looking at all relevant facts of the case, the court ruled that while I am not entitled to asylum status, nonetheless I am entitled to ‘subsidiary protection’ from the German government.”
Within the court opinion:
“His situation in the U.S. is no different than that of Jews in Germany in the 1930s.”
https://floridaactioncommittee.org/german-court-grants-protection-to-florida-sex-offender-registrant-on-human-rights-grounds/
Sad to see this happened. We need to hope this goes to the COA. If COA sides with the state that is not a horrible thing. Remember the 6th COA has already ruled SORNA unconstitutional for retroactive application. If we can get a split, SCOTUS is more apt to pick up the issue if there are splits among the circuits. SO, yes bad that this happened but we need splits between the circuits for SCOTUS to get involved and we know that at least 2 of the conservatives have issue with the retroactivity. It is widely believed that if Justice Kavanaugh had heard Oral arguments in Gundy he would have sided with Gundy. He doesnt vote and the court splits 5-3. Believe it or not it was the Liberal side of the court that kept Gundy in place.
Other circuits have upheld the constitutionality of retroactively applied registries. It is an issue we continue to challenge in Does v. Glass. Gundy was more about delegation.
FAC you are correct. Which is why the more conflicting rulings from COA SCOTUS will eventually have to weigh in. You are also correct about Gundy, however what is missed is that while Gundy was about Delegation of Powers. is that Gundy was saying that Attorney General did not have the authority to make SORNA retroactive. It was not explicit in the Legislative branch that SORNA be made retroactive.
– The legal issue was whether Congress unconstitutionally delegated legislative power to the Attorney General by allowing them to decide how SORNA applied to offenders convicted before the law was enacted.
📜 Gorsuch’s Dissenting Opinion
– Gorsuch strongly dissented, joined by Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Thomas.
– He argued that SORNA gave the Attorney General “free rein” to write criminal law, which violated the nondelegation doctrine—a constitutional principle that Congress cannot delegate its legislative powers to the executive.
– Gorsuch proposed a new test for evaluating delegation:
– Congress must make the important policy decisions.
– Laws must provide clear rules for executive enforcement.
– Delegation is only valid when it involves filling in details, not making substantive policy.
⚖️ Broader Impact and the “Gorsuch Test”
– Gorsuch’s dissent signaled a potential revival of the nondelegation doctrine, which had been dormant since the 1930s.
– Legal scholars dubbed his framework the “Gorsuch Test”, suggesting it could reshape how courts evaluate the constitutionality of federal regulations.
– Although the Court did not adopt his view in Gundy, Justice Alito’s concurrence hinted openness to revisiting the doctrine in future cases.
This is why Gundy matters. you have 3 justices saying no and one hinting at a revisit.
If SCOTUS had ruled for Gundy, we may not have a retroactive SORNA.
If this goes to the Ninth CCOA in CA, I hope they work with Janice at ACSOL whose backyard the court is in. They need to get this right if they appeal it.
Sad to say the 9th has consistently ruled in favor of Sorna. It is going to have to take another circuit other than the 6th ruling it unconstitutional for SCOTUS to pick it up. I don’t Forsee that happening anytime soon. I think the only thing we can do is Stop it from getting any worse.
Who then tracks the information on where a registrants’ child goes to school? How is that in the best interest of public safety? Can anyone tell me what the rationale was behind that?
Maybe, the exchange of data on the children will cause them to become outed at their schools, as data leaks tend to happen. If the child becomes bullied and harrassed enough, the parent may feel pressured to move away, giving the PFR-haters what they want.
It goes to show, that the states, and even the federal government, doesn’t really care about the constitution. Infringement, has been a way of life in the US, for many decades. For what should be an almost best nation, it shows just how many flaws society has.