Adam Walsh Act Decision in North Carolina

It looks the North Carolina Federal Public Defenders have scored a big victory against the civil commitment provisions of the Adam Walsh Act.  This is a case I've blogged about before.  Here is a snippet from the decision (assuming my transcription is correct):

Having carefully considered the arguments by all parties, the court concludes, for the reasons that follow, that the civil commitment provision of the Walsh Act is not a necessary and proper exercise of Congressional authority and that the use of a clear and convincing burden of proof violates the substantive due process rights of those subject to commitment under the statute.

You can download the whole decision here.  I've only had a chance to scan through the decision and it has a lot of interesting stuff.  I think the ruling is very significant and could set up a circuit split depending upon how the appeals move forward.