Comments on: preemption sinks Rockland County sex offender residency law http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ethicalesq/2009/01/23/preemption-sinks-rockland-county-sex-offender-residency-law/ breathless punditry and one-breath poetry with David Giacalone Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:58:52 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Question? http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ethicalesq/2009/01/23/preemption-sinks-rockland-county-sex-offender-residency-law/comment-page-1/#comment-216646 Question? Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:08:03 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ethicalesq/?p=10533#comment-216646 The Star-Ledger in NJ, listed the following articles. I've listed the briefs, the complete articles must be purchased from the archives. Can someone/ anyone tell me what the law is, now? Can a sex offender, (PREDATOR) sit on the bench or not? What happens if someone is caught breaking one of these laws? I'm confused! 2006/10/13 Fri Pg 029, 756 words A new try to keep predators from kids -- Union County law prohibits loitering . . . [<em><strong>Editor's Note</strong></em>: I've deleted the many excerpts from the <em>Star-Ledger</em> that you put in this comment. They were repetitious, had no links to the full articles, and were not very helpful in answering your questions. I do not know the status of sex offender restrictions in the 100+ New Jersey municipalities with such laws, since the <em>G.H. v. Township of Galloway</em> decision, which voided the local law as pre-empted by State law, and was upheld by the NJ Appellate Division. I suggest that you ask the relevant County or Town Attorney or the Office of your State Attorney General for their position and to learn whether the laws are being enforced. The New Jersey Supreme Court will be reviewing the decision this year in <em>G. H. v. Galloway</em>. Until it rules, the status of current laws restricting the presence of sex offenders in New Jersey will be murky. You may want to contact the<a href="http://www.aclj.mobi/TrialNotebook/Read.aspx?ID=721" rel="nofollow"> American Center for Law and Justice</a>, in Washington, D.C., which represents the Township of Galloway in this case; or contact the <a href="http://www.aclu-nj.org/" rel="nofollow">ACLU of NJ</a>, which represents G.H.] The Star-Ledger in NJ, listed the following articles. I’ve listed the briefs, the complete articles must be purchased from the archives.
Can someone/ anyone tell me what the law is, now? Can a sex offender, (PREDATOR) sit on the bench or not? What happens if someone is caught breaking one of these laws? I’m confused!

2006/10/13 Fri Pg 029, 756 words A new try to keep predators from kids — Union County law prohibits loitering . . .

[Editor's Note: I've deleted the many excerpts from the Star-Ledger that you put in this comment. They were repetitious, had no links to the full articles, and were not very helpful in answering your questions. I do not know the status of sex offender restrictions in the 100+ New Jersey municipalities with such laws, since the G.H. v. Township of Galloway decision, which voided the local law as pre-empted by State law, and was upheld by the NJ Appellate Division. I suggest that you ask the relevant County or Town Attorney or the Office of your State Attorney General for their position and to learn whether the laws are being enforced.

The New Jersey Supreme Court will be reviewing the decision this year in G. H. v. Galloway. Until it rules, the status of current laws restricting the presence of sex offenders in New Jersey will be murky. You may want to contact the American Center for Law and Justice, in Washington, D.C., which represents the Township of Galloway in this case; or contact the ACLU of NJ, which represents G.H.]

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