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141165P.pdf 11/17/2014 United States v. Allon Anderson
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 14-1165
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas - Ft. Smith
[PUBLISHED] [Bye, Author, with Shepherd and Kelly, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - Criminal law. Even if the constitutionality of 42 U.S.C.
Sec. 16913 is doubtful under the Commerce Clause alone, the enabling
necessary and proper clause reveals the statute is constitutionally
authorized because the registration requirements of the statute are part
of the constitutional power of Congress to punish sex offenders who cross
state lines; enforcement of the registration requirement is a valid
exercise of the Commerce Clause and defendant has not clearly demonstrated
the lack of constitutional authority for Congress to enact 18 U.S.C. Sec.
2250(a)(2)(B).