U.S. Supreme Court
Jun. 29, 2011
Court Rules on Sex-Offender Registration
The U.S. Supreme Court summarily reversed a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision on Monday that had struck down a requirement under the federal sex-offender registration law.
In an unsigned opinion, the court ruled the 9th Circuit had no authority to overturn a provision making juveniles register as sex offenders even if they were adjudicated before Congress passed the registry law.
The court found that the circuit lacked the power to rule in the ...
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