Miami-Dade SORR case might proceed by teleconference.
In a letter to the attorneys in Does v. Miami Dade County, the Sex Offender Residency Restriction case that is currently before the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, the court notified that due to the Coronavirus, the Oral Arguments scheduled for the week of June 9, 2020 (when the case was scheduled to be heard) will either proceed on the briefs (without the benefit of Oral Arguments) or the Oral Arguments would be allowed to proceed only by teleconference.
We had previously written (https://floridaactioncommittee.org/thoughts-on-the-remote-courtroom/) that we hoped these oral arguments would be allowed to proceed in person. Unfortunately we now know that will not be the case. Nevertheless, we remain hopeful that justice will prevail!
If our side ( ex offenders ) lose, then I think not hearing oral arguments ( if they choose not to hear them ) could be a good reason for an appeal of any negative decision.
Same thing with applying for social security, many people get denied to death on paperwork but once they finally make it before a judge and they see the person in a wheel chair etc, they get awarded what they were owed all along.
Are their families more important that ours? They threatened me with arrest if i did not report for registration in person rather than via teleconference last month.
It’s a world of fearful cowards….Afraid of terrorists, sex offenders and a virus is out to harm them. Dangers have always been around and still are. We drive cars, fly in planes, and do other things which have a risk.
Nobody cares about those real and high percentage dangers. Yet the sheeple allow themselves to have their freedoms eroded so the government make them feel “protected” for these perceived yet highly unlikely dangers. Many people don’t think anything of abondoning their 4th amendment right and allow TSA to search their private property, despite the fact it would be very unlikely a terrorist would be on their flight. They don’t think anything of subjecting low or no risk sex offenders from being forced to be relegated into having their human rights violated, despite the fact that real re-offense rates are very low.
“So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is…fear itself — nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.” -FDR
Challenge to SORR in Federal 7th:
https://amp.jsonline.com/amp/5504382002