Reason: Passport Applicants May Have To Affirm That They Are ‘Not Required To Register’ As Sex Offenders

Under a proposed State Department policy, U.S. passport applicants would have to affirm that they are “not required to register” as sex offenders. If they are “required to register,” they would have to submit a “supplementary explanatory statement under oath.” The State Department says that change, which it announced in a Federal Register notice seeking public comment last month, is

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State Department Files Motion to Dismiss IML Lawsuit

State Department Seeks to Retain International Megan’s Law From http://all4consolaws.org/2018/04/state-department-files-motion-to-dismiss-iml-lawsuit/ The State Department filed a Motion to Dismiss the lawsuit which challenges the International Megan’s Law (IML) on procedural grounds. A hearing on the Motion to Dismiss is scheduled for June 25 in Los Angeles. In its motion, the State Department asserts that its final rule issued in September 2016

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