ACSOL Withdraws Support from Vigil
FROM the Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws
The board of directors for the Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws (ACSOL) has decided to withdraw its support from the vigil planned for Washington, D.C., in March 2023. The decision is based upon a belief held by a majority of board members that it is no longer safe to conduct the vigil given the highly polarized environment in the nation’s capitol.
The ACSOL board of directors did not, however, withdraw its support for the conference to be held in the Washington, D.C., area on March 5 and March 6, 2023.
The original purpose of the vigil was to educate the U.S. Supreme Court as well as the public regarding the significant harm caused by the court’s decision issued in 2003, Smith v. Doe, that declared that registration is not punishment and therefore new registration laws could be applied retroactively. Subsequent to that decision, governments at every level — city, county, state and federal — have passed new laws and applied them retroactively to the detriment of almost 1 million people required to register and their families.
The 20th anniversary of Smith v. Doe will take place on March 5, 2023.
I would disagree there are plenty of cases where information published is false or based on lies and the law don’t help them especially if its the law who put the information out there to begin with
Probably a smart move. Besides, I have to believe that given the right case, a case that the Court would agree to hear, a strong, clear cut case that directly confronts the issue of punishment vs. civil, that the Court would rule differently. The Court has heard several cases over specific issues with sex offender regulations but hasn’t been faced with reconsidering the issue of whether or not it is still punishment. Maybe one of our cases will be the one?