I do so love it when the ACLU loses.
Posted on 08/08/2005 8:10:22 PM PDT by Former Military Chick
IOWA CITY, IA - The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today denied a request to suspend a law, pending a possible U.S. Supreme Court review, restricting where Iowa sex offenders can live.
This decision is the latest setback for an Iowa Civil Liberties Union lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a 2002 law that prohibits certain sex offenders from living within 2,000 feet of schools and day cares.
The ICLU, which filed the lawsuit on behalf of more than a dozen sex offenders, has not ''demonstrated a particularly strong probability'' that the U.S. Supreme Court will review the law, the court said.
A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit in April overturned a lower federal court ruling that the law was unconstitutional. All 11 judges on the court reaffirmed that decision in July.
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled July 29 in a separate lawsuit that the residency restriction is constitutional.
This is a reasonable law, to make sure sex offender's live away from a school, day care or parks.
Other states should keep an eye on this.
Does anyone else see something funny here. Where was the ACLU when Clinton passed no firearms within 1000 feet of schools law. They said not a peep. What if your house was within 1000 feet of a school? I guess owning a firearm is worse than being a convicted child sexual predator.
A couple other recent threads you may have missed.
Judge Criticized For Sentencing Child Sex Offender To Needlework (harsh criticism from Nancy Grace)
Neighbors Petition to Force Sex Offender Out (If not here, where)
Two companies' GPS systems to be tested for sex offender act (The Lunsford Act)
To Clinton and the ACLU owning a gun is worse than raping and murdering a child. The ACLU will fight to the last breath for the rights of convicted child molesters to molest more children, but they think the 2nd Amendment's right to bear arms means we have a right to wear sleeveless T-shirts.
The States/FedGuv/PC crowd are into pushing faggothood on the kids in gov't schools. Understand why? It's to insure the continued need for "sex offender" lists. Simple ain't Barney?
I do so love it when the ACLU loses.
Depends on what the law entails. Nobody who committed his offense before the law was passed should be required to move, especially if he owns the place. Granted, SCOTUS has already allowed the ex post facto clause to be stretched to hideous proportions, but I doubt they'd let it stretch far enough to encompass such a provision. There are still *some* limits, hopefully.
The aclu whether at the national or state level has always been on the side of killers, rapist and child rapist. They support the wholesale killing of the Unborn, and do their best to make sure no convicted killer gets the death penalty or spends much time behind prison bars.
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