6-12-2009 U.S. Supreme court:
Petitions to Watch
Conference of 6.18.09
This edition of “Petitions to Watch” features cases up for consideration at the Justices’ private conference on June 18, the penultimate conference of this Term. As always, the list contains the petitions on the Court’s paid docket that Tom has deemed to have a reasonable chance of being granted:
See earlier action on this case: " Chief justice blocks release of sex offenders "
Docket: 08-1224
Title: United States v. Comstock
Issue: Whether Congress had the constitutional authority to enact 18 U.S.C. 4248, which authorizes court-ordered civil commitment by the federal government of (1) “sexually dangerous” persons who are already in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons, but who are coming to the end of their federal prison sentences, and (2) “sexually dangerous” persons who are in the custody of the Attorney General because they have been found mentally incompetent to stand trial.
1 comment:
As far as this applying to those who are sexually dangerous, I can understand and support! Why keep letting someone out who is a real danger to society, especially women and children?
Now if they were talking about ALL sex offenders, that I wouldn't support, as not all of them are dangerous. Some just made some poor choices when they were young.
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