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· 3/6/2009

United States v. Ambert

Citations

  • 561 F.3d 1202
  • 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 5275
  • 2009 WL 564677

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that federal sex-offender registration requirements are “rationally related to Congress’ legitimate goal in protecting the public from recidivist sex offenders”
  • rejecting SORNA due process claim because offender received due process protections in his underlying criminal proceedings
  • “Section 16913 is reasonably adapted to the attainment of a legitimate end under the commerce clause.”
  • \[T]he government's interest in protecting others from future sexual offenses and preventing sex offenders from subverting the purpose of the statute is sufficiently weighty to overcome the burden.\
  • cited favorably by United States v. Whaley, 577 F.3d 254, 264 (5th Cir. 2009)
  • “[T]he 14 government’s interest in protecting others from future sexual offenses and 15 preventing sex offenders from subverting the purpose of the statute is 16 sufficiently weighty to overcome the burden.”

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Judges: Marcus, Anderson, Cudahy

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