Washington — The US supreme court has upheld the federal government's authority under a 2006 law to require thousands of sex offenders to register with authorities in the states where they live, as the justices ruled against a child rapist convicted in Maryland.
In its 5-3 decision the court on Thursday rejected convicted sex offender Herman Gundy’s argument that in passing the law, Congress handed too much power to the US attorney-general in violation of a principal of constitutional law called the nondelegation doctrine. This doctrine forbids Congress from assigning its legislative powers to the federal government’s executive branch...
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