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082126P.pdf   01/13/2009  United States  v.  David Howell
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  08-2126
                          and No:  08-2171
   U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa, Waterloo   
   [PUBLISHED] [Riley, Author, and Hansen and Melloy, Circuit Judge]
   Criminal case - criminal law. 18 U.S.C. Sec. 2250, which provides for
   prosecution of anyone who fails to register under the Sex Offender
   Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) is a constitutional exercise of
   Congress's commerce clause powers; SORNA's registration provision is
   a constitutional exercise commerce clause power as it is an appropriate
   aid to the accomplishment of the goal of tracking the interstate movement
   of sex offenders; in defendant Howell's case, the district court did not err
   in concluding the Northern District of Iowa was the proper venue for his
   prosecution as his SORNA offense commenced in the district.