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U.S. v. Comstock, No. 07-7671 (4th Cir.) (551 F.3d 274) (January 8, 2009) (Judge Diana Gribbon Motz)

Loaded on Dec. 1, 2008 published in Punch and Jurists December 29, 2008
Filed under: Civil Commitment, Punch And Jurists.

Here the Fourth Circuit became the first Federal appellate court to hold that the civil commitment provisions of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act (18 U.S.C. § 4248) are unconstitutional on Commerce Clause grounds.

In an important decision, the highly conservative Fourth Circuit became the first Federal appellate …

 

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