SCOTUS Grants Cert. In Carr v. United States

This week, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in Carr v. United States (previously blogged about here and here), which raises several constitutional challenges to the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). You may view the full order list here. From SCOTUSblog:

Docket: 08-1301
Title: Carr v. United States
Issue: Whether a person may be criminally prosecuted under 18 U.S.C. § 2250 for failure to register when the defendant’s underlying offense and travel in interstate commerce both predated the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act’s enactment ; whether the Ex Post Facto Clause precludes prosecution under § 2250(a) of a person whose underlying offense and travel in interstate commerce both predated SORNA’s enactment.

• Opinion below (7^th Circuit)
• Petition for certiorari
• Brief in opposition
• Petitioner’s reply

Comments

[lawdoc]

I am glad Posner is getting called out on this case. He writes great, but what he writes is not always legally accurate.