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[FAC COMMENTS INSERTED IN CAPS AND BRACKETED] A criminal justice advocacy group is prepared to sue the federal government if President Obama signs into law a measure requiring child-sex offenders to be identified as such on their passports — a move they say is as hypocritical for a president pushing for broad criminal justice reform. [THIS IS THE LAWSUIT THAT

The International Megan’s Law has been the primary focus of most of our posts over the last week, because of it’s significance. Never before has the US branded the travel documents of its citizens and the only times before in the history of the World where this has happened, has been Nazi Germany and the former Soviet Union. Read previous

From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2016 1:00 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Rep Smith’s new legacy. presenting a bill that threatens the physical well being of Innocent Americans as they travel Internationally   Congratulations representative Smith. Your bill HR 515 and its associated angel watch program has the unique position of being a tool

After rousing themselves from the 30-plus-year bad trip that was the war on drugs — or rather, the war on drug users — many Americans in and out of elected office looked around for someone else to persecute. Someone, somewhere, must be so depraved and hateful that liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans could join in common cause to vilify

It already passed the House. And the Senate.  It’s now in conference committee, working out the kinks between the two, before it goes to President Obama for his signature. And had it not been for the careful eyes of David Post at Volokh Conspiracy, it might have slipped through unnoticed until havoc was wreaked. The name of the law gives

Advocates for reforming laws restricting where registered sex offenders can live, and for challenging sex offender registries, have vowed to continue the fight despite facing roadblocks, which organizers admit make it difficult to eliminate the discriminatory treatment that many sex offenders face due to the nature of their convictions. Victims’ rights advocates and prosecutors vigorously oppose any changes to statutes