Attacks on Constitutional Advocacy

Weekly Update 2018-03-23 Dear Members and Advocates, We are (im)patiently waiting for two orders to come down from the court. One in our Internet Identifier case and another in a municipal residency restriction case. Yesterday, attorneys for the plaintiffs in the Internet Identifier case filed a “Notice of Supplemental Authority”, informing the court of a decision last week out of

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CT: Nursing home can continue to service sex offenders, Judge says.

A Connecticut Superior Court Judge allowed a Rocky Hill Nursing Facility to remain open and servicing its patients, after the Town tried to shut it down, finding the fact that it provides care to prison parolees does not violate Rocky Hill’s zoning code. The Hartford Courant reported that “neighbors testified during the trial in August that the presence of sex

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Operation “Southern Impact II” – what the numbers don’t tell.

Parents nationwide have been fed misleading headlines touting the results of operation “Southern Impact II” which purportedly “nabbed 76 child-sex predators” and in which “13 children were rescued or identified as victims”. Without more, those are some scary numbers and what appears to be a very successful “operation”, but if you dig below the surface, it’s not so successful after

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WV: State Supreme Court Rules Probation Internet Restrictions Violate First Amendment

The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has ruled that completely restricting a person’s access to the internet as a condition of their parole from prison is a violation of the First Amendment. Here is the decision: http://www.courtswv.gov/supreme-court/docs/spring2018/16-1156.pdf “Like the statute in Packingham, Mr. Ross’s condition of parole ‘bars access to…sources for knowing current events, checking ads for employment, speaking

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InJusticeToday.com: NY Gov. Cuomo’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Plan to Protect Your Kids

Another excellent contribution from a new source FAC has come across; injusticetoday.com, which is a criminal justice news outlet. The contributors to In Justice Today are legal scholars, attorneys, reform advocates, writers and others with an interest in matters concerning criminal law. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo recently unveiled a legislative proposal packaged as part of a budget amendment to

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