Challenging the Punitiveness of “New-Generation” Sorn Laws

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 426-457 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wayne A. Logan
Keyword(s):  
Sex Offender ◽  
Due Process ◽  
Supreme Courts ◽  
Circuit Court ◽  
Court Of Appeals ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Critical Scrutiny ◽  
Future Potential ◽  
New Generation

Sex offender registration and notification (SORN) laws have been in effect nationwide since the 1990s, and publicly available registries today contain information on hundreds of thousands of individuals. To date, most courts, including the Supreme Court in 2003, have concluded that the laws are regulatory, not punitive, in nature, allowing them to be applied retroactively consistent with the Ex Post Facto Clause. Recently, however, several state supreme courts, as well as the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, addressing challenges lodged against new-generation SORN laws of a considerably more onerous and expansive character, have granted relief, concluding that the laws are punitive in effect. This article examines these decisions, which are distinct not only for their results, but also for the courts’ decidedly more critical scrutiny of the justifications, purposes, and efficacy of SORN laws. The implications of the latter development in particular could well lay the groundwork for a broader challenge against the laws, including one sounding in substantive due process, which unlike ex post facto–based litigation would affect the viability of SORN vis-à-vis current and future potential registrants.

scholarly journals Human rights v. Insufficient climate action: The Urgenda case

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 112-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingrid Leijten
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Case Law ◽  
European Convention ◽  
Court Of Appeals ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
European Court ◽  
Climate Action ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Rights Issue

Climate change is a human rights issue, but what exactly can courts require States to do in this regard? This contribution discusses the Dutch Urgenda case, in which the Court of Appeals recently found a violation of Articles 2 (right to life) and 8 (right to respect for private and family life) of the European Convention on Human Rights and ordered the State to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25% by 2020. Looking at the case law of the European Court of Human Rights on environmental issues, as well as the nature of positive obligations, it appears that Urgenda involves a more abstract situation and a more precise positive obligation than is usually the case in human rights adjudication. Because ex post facto complaints are no solution, and in light of the growing number of Urgenda-like cases pending before (international) courts, efforts need to be made to ensure that human rights `fit' climate change cases and courts can provide effective protection in this regard.

scholarly journals Has The ‘War on Terror’ Put Due Process on the Stand?

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 56-68
Author(s):  
Patrick Leisure
Keyword(s):  
Due Process ◽  
District Court ◽  
Constitutional Rights ◽  
Public Officials ◽  
Circuit Court ◽  
Counter Terrorism ◽  
Court Of Appeals ◽  
European Court ◽  
The Us ◽  
Due Process Rights

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) struck a balance between due process rights and national security in the Kadi II case. Applying the ECJ’s analysis to a case recently decided by the D.C. District Court – the Zaidan case – illustrates that a more rights-protective approach can be attained in US courts too. First, this article will explore due process in Europe via the four different versions of the Kadi case. Then, it will take an in-depth look at the Zaidan case. The article concludes by arguing that the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals should adopt a stance on due process similar to that taken by the ECJ in the Kadi II case – which served to uphold the rule of law in Europe by making the actions of public officials reviewable before EU courts in the counter-terrorism context. By exercising a more ‘muscular’ attitude towards the other branches of government’s counter-terrorism measures, the US judiciary might use this case to start a new line of precedent distinct from prior US cases with respect to US citizens’ constitutional rights in the post 9/11 counter-terrorism paradigm.

scholarly journals Meeting the Challenge of the Preventive State: Due Process Rights and the Terrorism Suppression (Control Orders) Act 2019

2021 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-88
Author(s):  
Catherine Hensen
Keyword(s):  
Due Process ◽  
Bill Of Rights ◽  
Natural Justice ◽  
Authority Control ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Policy Shift ◽  
Control Order ◽  
Control Orders ◽  
Due Process Rights

This article focuses on the control order regime introduced by the Terrorism Suppression (Control Orders) Act 2019 and its implications for due process rights. Control orders are formally civil, and so the heightened criminal procedural protections in the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (the NZ Bill of Rights) ostensibly do not apply. But the simplicity of the criminal–civil binary belies the hybridity of control orders. In this respect, control orders capture in microcosm the larger policy shift towards a "preventive state" which, rather than relying on ex post facto denunciation, pre-emptively incapacitates threatening individuals before they commit harm. This article assesses how we should deal with control orders' hybridity. It suggests that on the basis of current authority, control orders would not attract the criminal procedural protection in s 25 of the NZ Bill of Rights. Instead, they will be governed by s 27(1), which secures a right to natural justice. It then critically assesses this result. Drawing on the work of Andrew Ashworth and Lucia Zedner, it canvasses four possible approaches to control orders. It argues that, in order to facilitate engagement with their distinctive and problematic features, control orders ought to be distinguished from punishment and dealt with under other provisions of the NZ Bill of Rights. This should stimulate discussion about the kind of procedural protections that are appropriate to safely balance the liberty interests of the subject against legitimate security concerns.

scholarly journals Constitutional Aspects of Physician-Assisted Suicide After Lee v. Oregon

1997 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-96
Author(s):  
Simon M. Canick
Keyword(s):  
Assisted Suicide ◽  
Due Process ◽  
Physician Assisted Suicide ◽  
Bodily Integrity ◽  
Equal Protection Clause ◽  
Ninth Circuit ◽  
Circuit Court ◽  
Court Of Appeals ◽  
Ill Adults ◽  
The U.S

Dying is personal. And it is profound. For many, the thought of an ignoble end, steeped in decay, is abhorrent. A quiet, proud death, bodily integrity intact, is a matter of extreme consequence.—Justice William BrennanTwo recent circuit court decisions have reinvigorated the debate over the constitutional, practical and ethical ramifications of physician-assisted suicide. In Compassion in Dying v. Washington, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a liberty interest exists in choosing the time and manner of one’s death. The court found this right to outweigh all asserted state interests, and concluded that, with respect to competent, terminally ill adults, Washington’s prohibition of assisted suicide violates the Due Process Clause of the U.S. Constitution. The ruling effectively strikes down laws against assisted suicide in all of the states in the Ninth Circuit.In April 1996, in Quill v. Vacco, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that New York’s prohibition of assisted suicide violates the U.S. Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause.

The U.S. Supreme Court Decisions

2020 ◽  
pp. 144-178
Author(s):  
Donald W. Rogers
Keyword(s):  
Supreme Court ◽  
Due Process ◽  
Civil Liberties ◽  
Fourteenth Amendment ◽  
District Court ◽  
Circuit Court ◽  
Court Of Appeals ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
Federal Jurisdiction ◽  
The U.S

This chapter traces Hague’s appeal through the Third Circuit Court of Appeals into the U.S. Supreme Court under Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, showing how the Hughes court’s inner dynamics explain affirmation of the district court injunction. Observing flux in court personnel and law, the chapter shows that both courts embraced the contemporaneous civil liberties revolution by defending worker speech and assembly rights, but it reveals the Supreme Court as divided over constitutional logic. Justice Owen Roberts’s plurality opinion upheld speech and assembly rights under the Fourteenth Amendment privileges and immunities clause, Justice Harlan Fiske Stone’s concurrence incorporated the First Amendment into the Fourteenth Amendment due-process clause, and dissenters rejected federal jurisdiction. The ruling reflected the contentious evolution of civil liberties jurisprudence, not antiboss or labor law politics.

scholarly journals Budget Evaluation and Economic Development in Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 51-62
Author(s):  
Christy Twaliwi ◽  
Georgina Obinne Ugwuanyi ◽  
Udeme Okon Efanga
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Due Process ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Strict Adherence ◽  
Capital Budget ◽  
Economic Progress ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
The Government ◽  
Budget Evaluation

The major goal of this research was to see how budget assessment affected Nigeria's economic progress. The inspiration stemmed from a number of inconsistencies in the Nigerian economy's budget preparation and execution. This study employed an ex-post-facto design, with data gathered from the Central Bank Statistical Bulletin and the Federal Ministry of Finance for analysis. A model based on empirical and theoretical reviews was developed to attain this wide purpose. The model's dependent variable was the Human Development Index (HDI), while the model's independent variables were the government's capital budget, recurrent budget, and yearly budget implementation rate. To evaluate data, the researchers used the Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) Model. Budget assessment had a favorable and considerable influence on Nigeria's economic progress, according to the inferential findings. According to the report, Nigeria's government should make an effort to raise capital and recurring expenditures in its yearly budget, since both have a substantial influence on economic development. Finally, the government should make an effort to put in place effective budget monitoring and assessment equipment that will increase the rate of budget implementation while simultaneously ensuring strict adherence to due process.

scholarly journals LES APPAREILS VIDÉO ET LE DROIT D’AUTEUR : L’AFFAIRE BETAMAX DEVANT LA COURT OF APPEALS

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 469-490
Author(s):  
René Pepin
Keyword(s):  
Fair Use ◽  
Court Of Appeals ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Ex Post Facto

La popularité grandissante des appareils vidéo auprès des consommateurs pose la question de la légalité de leur utilisation en regard des lois américaine et canadienne sur le droit d’auteur. En 1979 un tribunal américain a conclu à leur parfaite légalité, mais deux ans plus tard une cour d’appel a conclu exactement le contraire. Toute la question concerne l’application ou non des concepts “fair use” et « utilisation équitable » auxquels ces lois réfèrent. Le droit canadien semble aussi réticent à admettre une utilisation généralisée des appareils vidéo. Allons-nous vers une impasse juridique ? Le législateur sera peut-être obligé d’intervenir pour légaliser ex post facto une activité dont le public ne veut plus se priver.

The Show Must Not Go On: Complementarity, the Due Process Thesis and Overzealous Domestic Prosecutions

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.J. van der Merwe
Keyword(s):  
International Criminal Court ◽  
Rome Statute ◽  
Due Process ◽  
International Criminal ◽  
Criminal Court ◽  
International Crimes ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Per Se ◽  
Measure Of Uncertainty

There exists a measure of uncertainty as to whether flawed domestic proceedings in respect of alleged perpetrators of international crimes may constitute ‘unwillingness’ in terms of the International Criminal Court’s complementarity regime, in particular where such proceedings are conducted in a manner that is detrimental to the alleged perpetrator. This article canvasses the relevant provisions of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court as well as various theories that have addressed this issue. Although due process violations in domestic proceedings do not per se render a case admissible before the ICC, the article suggests that the conjunctive requirements of Article 17(2)(c) of the Rome Statute, and, ex post facto, Article 20(3)(b), may be interpreted to provide for the admissibility of egregious and deliberate violations of due process in domestic proceedings that remove or significantly diminish the risk of losing normally carried by the prosecuting authority.

Pengaruh Motivasi, Sikap, Minat, dan Gaya Belajar Statistik Mahasiswa Terhadap Kemampuan Menganalisis Persoalan Penelitian

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Azis
Keyword(s):  
Random Sampling ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Ex Post Facto

Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui bahwa motivasi, sikap, minat, dan gaya belajar statistik matematika mahasiswa secara bersama-sama berpengaruh positif terhadap kemampuan menganalisis persoalan penelitian; dan motivasi, sikap, minat, dan gaya belajar statistik matematika mahasiswa masing-masing berpengaruh positif terhadap kemampuan menganalisis persoalan penelitian. Jenis penelitian ini menggunakan metode ex post facto dengan desain korelasional. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan di Universitas Dayanu Ikhsanuddin Baubau pada Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan Program Studi Pendidikan Matematika yang pelaksanaannya pada semester Gasal Tahun Akademik 2016/2017. Populasinya adalah seluruh mahasiswa yang memprogram mata kuliah Statistik Matematika II Tahun Akademik 2016/2017 yang berjumlah 145 orang. Dengan menggunakan teknik random sampling, diambil minimal 30% dari keseluruhan sampel, dan diambil 51 orang. Instrumen yang digunakan untuk memperoleh data setiap variabel adalah angket dan tes yang disusun sendiri oleh peneliti. Teknik analisis yang digunakan untuk mengelolah data yang diperoleh dari responden adalah teknik statistik deskriptif dan inferensial. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian yang telah diuraikan, maka dapat disimpulkan bahwa: 1) motivasi, sikap, minat, dan gaya belajar statistik matematika mahasiswa secara bersama-sama berpengaruh positif terhadap kemampuan menganalisis persoalan penelitian; 2) motivasi belajar statistik mahasiswa berpengaruh positif terhadap kemampuan menganalisis persoalan penelitian; 3) sikap belajar statistik mahasiswa berpengaruh positif terhadap kemampuan menganalisis persoalan penelitian; 4) minat belajar statistik mahasiswa berpengaruh positif terhadap kemampuan menganalisis persoalan penelitian; dan 5) gaya belajar statistik mahasiswa berpengaruh positif terhadap kemampuan menganalisis persoalan penelitian pada mahasiswa pendidikan matematika FKIP Unidayan.

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