3-8-2010 Washington DC:
Posted at the US Supreme court, this date, on the docket for Kentucky v. Baker (09-775) is a note that the high court has DENIED the Kentucky AG's Petition.
It is not suprising that the petition was denied since it was based on the personal opinion of one person and not a mass of Kentucky courts in disagreement with each other.
Such means that Kentucky's residency laws -for the moment- will not be applied retroactively to those convicted before the date of enactment of the residency laws.
Now, what action will this cause in the legislature?
eAdvocate
March 8, 2010
Kentucky's Attorney General's Petition to the U.S. Supreme court on Residency Laws - DENIED
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The legislature, will of course, try to come up with some kind of loophole to pass to allow it to be retroactive.
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!
At first I thought this AG was nuts pushing this up to SCOTUS. But in fact it was a brillant move. Rather than file a "Formal" appeal to the next level, Federal District Court, the AG asked SCOTUS directly to review the ruling. If they had agreed it would mean they most likely would have of reversed it. By denying to hear it gave the AG a good feel that the Court may strongly agree with the ruling. So now he knows he would most likely lose any appeal thus expanding the Unconstitutality of Residency Restrictions nationally. Now they will most likely go back to the Legislature and "Word-Smith" a new law and it will start all over again.
Ky courts knows that laws. The Law was upheld.Once a person pays for the crime no one should be able to make a new law the affects the person who has already paid his debt to society,anybody waonder what that fellow in ky had to go through? His crime was outrageous and I am sure he has paid his debt, but come on every one has rights everyone !
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