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The Dobbs Wire: as SOON as the scarlet letter list is ready – IML

Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 10:38 AM An awful new federal law is one step closer: As soon as Homeland Security prepares a list of people subject to International Megan’s Law (IML), the US State Department will begin putting permanent scarlet letters on their passports. Such treatment of US citizens is likely unprecedented – searches have not turned up anything similar in this country’s history. Current passports of those on the list are going to be revoked. The State Department has just revealed the message to be emblazoned inside new passports: “The bearer was convicted of a sex offense against…

The Dobbs Wire: Scarlet letter for PASSPORTS revealed by Trump Administration

Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 3:44 PM Ugh! The Trump Administration reveals how it will implement International Megan’s Law (IML). An awful bill signed into law by Obama in 2016, IML requires anyone previously convicted of a sex offense involving a minor to have a “unique identifier” – a “visual designation affixed to a conspicuous location” on their passport! Nothing like this has turned up in US history, the IML scarlet letter is likely the first time US citizens are to be treated in such a fashion by their government. This scheme, however, does have historical precedent in other countries…

The Dobbs Wire: A Modest Proposal – REBOOT!!

Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 1:36 AM A modest proposal: Miriam Aukerman has a modest proposal for changing Michigan’s sex offense registry law, the registry laws in other states and a federal statute (SORNA), too! In a commentary published by The Hill she makes a strong plea for public safety while urging bold changes in how lawmakers – and the public – ought to reckon with sexual wrongdoing. Her perspective is all the more valuable for having convinced a federal appeals court to issue a ground-breaking 2016 decision that did serious damage to Michigan’s scarlet letter machinery. The aftershocks from…

The Dobbs Wire: Mothers fighting for reason and justice for their sons

Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 1:14 PM College campuses: For years a battle has raged on many college campuses–how to reckon with and even define sexual wrongdoing. It’s a high tension controversy with high stakes, spurring mothers to organize and stand together, fighting for reason and justice for their sons. The New York Times has a report on this important facet of the battle, have a look. –Bill Dobbs, The Dobbs Wire New York Times | Oct. 22, 2017 ‘Willing to Do Everything,’ Mothers Defend Sons Accused of Sexual Assault By Anemona Hartocollis and Christina Capecchi…

The Dobbs Wire: First Amendment WIN, court overturns REGISTRY law restrictions

Kentucky win: A federal court judge in Kentucky just struck down two parts of Kentucky’s sex offense registration law! Individuals on the registry were banned from using social media, and required to divulge so-called internet identifiers–email addresses and such. Today’s ruling overturns both restrictions and strengthens the First Amendment rights of everyone to use the Internet. The Kentucky decision builds on a major US Supreme Court victory (Packingham v. North Carolina) that came in June when the court unanimously ruled unconstitutional a North Carolina law banning registrants from social media. Congratulations and kudos to “John Doe”— a subscriber to The…

The Dobbs Wire: Suzi is found, decades later

57 years ago a campus sex scandal made the news. Mark Oppenheimer takes a long look back at what happened, tracking down those who were involved, and raising important questions about how sexual wrongdoing is handled in the internet age, with sex offense registries and far higher stakes. Have a look! -Bill Dobbs, The Dobbs Wire The Tablet | Aug. 21, 2017 image001.png@01D337E9.FAD7CA30″ style=”width: 525px; height: 215px;”> SUZI AT YALE A look back at the original American campus sex scandal, and whose lives it actually changed By Mark Oppenheimer Excerpts: The girl was named Suzi….

The Dobbs Wire: Major changes to California registry – governor signs reform bill

Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 8:54 PM California: Major changes are coming to the country’s largest (over 105,000 individuals) and oldest (1947) sex offense registry. Anyone registered in California is listed for life; the state had become an outlier, one of just four states with such a harsh lifetime-registration law. Soon California will have a so-called tiered sex offense registry, the same type of scarlet letter machinery used by nearly every other state. Just signed by the governor, the new law comes after two reform efforts failed in recent years. The 2017 bill had law enforcement backing and got much…

The Dobbs Wire: Bittersweet!

Bittersweet news from the US Supreme Court: The court was asked to review two sex offense-related rulings; yesterday the court said no to both requests. Here’s the bitter part: the court refused to review a federal appeals court decision (8th Circuit) concerning Minnesota’s sex offense civil commitment program. More than 700 individuals are held in locked facilities for ‘treatment’ – not for anything they did in the past but on a hunch about what they might do in the future. While the program is wreathed with promises of hearings, due process, and treatment regimes, virtually no one has…

The Dobbs Wire: News from the Supreme Court

News from the US Supreme Court: There’s much interest in two cases the US Supreme Court has been asked to review – Doe v. Snyder which concerns Michigan’s sex offense registry law, and Karsjens v. Piper which concerns Minnesota’s sex offense civil commitment law. This morning the court issued a list of cases it WILL review, *neither* of the sex offense cases made the list. In the days ahead another list will be released, cases the court has decided it will NOT review and we’ll see if either sex offense case makes that list. There’s another possibility – sometimes the…

The Dobbs Wire: TODAY at the US Supreme Court

Washington, DC: Today the US Supreme Court will be talking about two important sex offense cases, the justices are back from summer break and will be meeting privately. Any decisions made will be announced in the near future, possibly as soon as next week. More below about Karsjens v. Piper and Does v. Snyder, have a look. –Bill Dobbs, The Dobbs Wire Karsjens v. Piper concerns so-called civil commitment for sex offenses in Minnesota. About 20 states and the federal government have laws that allow putting people with a sex offense record into locked facilities, for the purpose of…

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