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Gundy v. United States (2019)

Supreme Court of the United States - 139 S. Ct. 2116

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It was constitutional for Congress to delegate power to the Attorney General to retroactively apply the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act to sex offenders convicted before the Act’s implementation.

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Issue

Did Congress constitutionally delegate its legislative power when it authorized the Attorney General to “specify the applicability” of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act to sex offenders convicted before the statute was implemented?

Conclusion

Yes. Congress validly delegated to the Attorney General the authority to “specify the applicability” of the requirements of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act to sex offenders convicted pre-SORNA. The Attorney General was constitutionally empowered by the SORNA to apply the statute’s requirements retroactively. Thus Gundy’s conviction for violating the registration requirements of the SORNA is valid and will be upheld.

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Rule

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Analysis

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Brief Facts & Holding

Facts

  • The Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) sets forth requirements for the registration and monitoring of convicted sex offenders. The SORNA authorizes the Attorney General to “specify the applicability of the requirements of [the SORNA] to sex offenders convicted
  • before
  • the enactment of [the SORNA] … and to prescribe rules for the registration of any such sex offenders.” The Attorney General made SORNA
  • retroactive
  • so that it applied to sex offenders who were convicted before the enactment of SORNA. Herman Gundy was convicted of sexual assault
  • before
  • the implementation of the SORNA. After being released from imprisonment, Gundy failed to register as a sex offender and was convicted for violating SORNA. Gundy appealed his conviction, arguing that it was
  • unconstitutional
  • for Congress to delegate to the Attorney General the power to “specify the applicability” of the SORNA’s registration requirements to sex offenders convicted before the SORNA was enacted. The district court and court of appeals ruled against Gundy, and the case was appealed to the Supreme Court.

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Holding

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  • A named property within the court's jurisdiction is attached to satisfy an unrelated claim, despite the owner of said property being a non-resident of the state.
  • A named property within the court's jurisdiction is attached as the basis for the suit (e.g., to quiet title), despite the owner of said property being a non-resident of the state.
  • An individual is sued who is a resident of the state, or who has been served with process while physically located within the state.
  • jurisdiction - Neff is neither a resident, nor was served while within the state. Service by publication may be valid for an
  • proceeding, where the owner would be made aware of the suit due to their property being seized, but not for
  • jurisdiction - the action was on the basis of a suit to receive payment owed, and did not relate directly to a property within the state.
  • jurisdiction, as the Oregon property was not attached to the initial suit, but rather was added in after the suit happened - note that Neff did not even purchase the property until after the suit had concluded.
  • Accordingly, the Oregon court did not have jurisdiction over the initial suit between Neff and his lawyer.
  • Enforcement of a judgment without jurisdiction denies due process!
  • Additionally, although judgments rendered by other states are entitled to full faith and credit, if that state did not have jurisdiction to render the judgment, it loses such entitlement.
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