What about what Bill said about ex post facto? If your offense was before the other state’s registry laws would you still have to register or not because of ex post facto? What states would NOT require registration because of ex post facto?

Yes and no.
Every state has a registry, that’s required by the Adam Walsh Act (SORNA). So you cannot move to a state where the registry will not apply to you. That said; every state’s registry is different. In fact MOST STATES don’t have lifetime registration. You can certainly find a state that has more rational laws than Florida and move there. You would be subject to their laws.
Even if you are off in another state, Florida will keep you on it’s list for life (and beyond).

We can only wish they won’t want to contradict their colleagues. Most of their colleagues are overturning these laws, willing and able to apply the Laws of the Land. The Eleventh Circuit seems slow in its willingness to upset the apple cart. My own opinion as to why this is so is because many of the most heinous, high profile crimes have occurred in Florida. A judge is only human and his perspective can easily be affected by the community in which he lives. He hears the opinions and grievances from his friends and neighbors just like we do. There’s a reason why we can’t take this case to the 6th circuit, for example. Different Courts can lean in many different directions and this Court seems to lean towards “the State and Police are usually right, you’ll have to convince me otherwise.” I trust we will do just that.

There is a line of caselaw holding any law, enacted by Congress or a legislature, that is based on an erroneous assumption of facts, is an arbitrary law and violates the substantive due process prong of the Due Process Clause of the 5th and 14th Amendments.

Every legislative body that has enacted Sex Offender Registry Laws have stated the Registries are necessary “because of the high recidivism rate of persons convicted of sex offenses.” Many States, including Ohio, actually State these erroneous reasons for the laws in the introduction and preamble to the statutes.

This is patently untrue. The US DOJ BOJS has published study after study finding the recidivism rate of sex offenders after release from prison is the second lowest rate of all felons, for new sex offenses. So have numerous State Corrections Systems, including Ohio and New York.

Why is it no one has challenged the AWA and it’s progeny as an “arbitrary law” based on the fact it was based, argued and predicated on false and erroneous facts?

Great work! After seeing this I wrote them a ‘Thank You’ letter as well. I encourage everyone to do the same! Their email addresses are in the filings.

Well put, John!

Anybody filing for the collateral damage? If i stay at a familys house their address is on the registry even though they did nothing? A child buys a car or scooter that youll
Never drive and that license plate is on the registry? One person is a registrant but the entire household is on the registry? The registry will be used to keep my household off of neighdor apps: the registry will be used to keep me from visiting my sick relatives in a hospital. I will be denied medical attention in a rehabilitation home or old age home because of the registry. My children will
Never see me at a game because of the registry…. who will speak for their rights? They are paying a penalty for doing nothing…..

I hope you are right about the court looking realistically at the current SOR statutes, but I fear they will not want to embarrass a colleague. We shall see. I do think the dam is about to break and these “laws” are about to be consigned to history’s dustbin.