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ation that indictment was defective since it failed to allege that either state of Maine or state of Rhode Island implemented SORNA. United States v Stevens (2008, DC Me) 578 FSupp 2d 172. 42 USCS § 16913 and 18 USCS § 2250 should be treated as interrelated components of larger whole of Sex Offender Reg

late substantive due process. United States v Ambert (2009, CAI I Fla) 561 F3d 1202, 21 FLW Fed C 1596. Congress did not exceed its authority under Commerce Clause, U.S. Const. art. 1, § 8, cl. 3, when it passed 18 USCS§ 2250(a) because when sex offender traveled from one state to another, he was instrumentalit

ation that indictment was defective since it failed to allege that either state of Maine or state of Rhode Island implemented SORNA. United States v Stevens (2008, DC Me) 578 F Supp 2d 172. EFTA00726961 Page 12 42 USCS § 16913 Because duty to register as sex offender pursuant to 42 USCS § 16913 is p

sex offender when he crossed state lines because both statutes were constitutional; 18 USCS § 2250 was proper exercise of congressional power under Commerce Clause because Congress has broad federal power to regulate persons who cross state boundaries and, while 42 USCS § 16913 exceeded Congress's power under C

r be reviewed de novo, it determined that appellate courts thereafter would apply a "reasonableness" standard of review. According to Justice Stevens, the Court "expressly equated" reasonableness review "with the old abuse-of-discretion standard used to review sentencing departures." 1?i

Act to defendant did not violate due process; and (3) enactment of PROTECT Act was a valid exercise of Congressional authority under the For- eign Commerce Clause. Affirmed. Ferguson, Circuit Judge, filed dissenting opinion. West Headnotes III Criminal Law 110 413=.18 110 Criminal Law 110I Nature and Elem