[El Gato]

How is this for a big deal.

A statute of limitations on being punished criminally is not the same thing as a prohibition on those who did not register being hired by the government.

Besides, I think the no hire provision was put in *after* 1970, and thus this ruling would not apply to it.

Justice Hugo Black further suggested suggested that if Congress had intended failure to register to be a continuing crime, it should have said so explicitly.

If I'm remembering right, Congress thus did set a "continuing" penalty.

[hflynn]

A statute of limitations on being punished criminally is not the same thing as a prohibition on those who did not register being hired by the government

Really. We now have case law that says you are wrong by courtesy of a Federal Judge in Boston on January 2009. I don't think you understand a precedent has been sst that has to be overturned for you to be right. This is a VERY BIG DEAL because the SCOTUS has to overturn the precedent. Not an easy thing to do.

If I'm remembering right, Congress thus did set a "continuing" penalty

You are not remembering right. Cite the case. You will not be able too.