By: Derek Hawkins//July 17, 2019//
United States Supreme Court
Case Name: Herman Avery Gundy v. United States
Case No.: 17-6086
Focus: Nondelegation Doctrine
The nondelegation doctrine bars Congress from transferring its legislative power to another branch of Government. This case requires us to decide whether 34 U. S. C. §20913(d), enacted as part of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), violates that doctrine. We hold it does not. Under §20913(d), the Attorney General must apply SORNA’s registration requirements as soon as feasible to offenders convicted before the statute’s enactment. That delegation easily passes constitutional muster.
Affirmed
Dissenting: GORSUCH, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which ROBERTS, C. J., and THOMAS, J., joined.
Concurring: ALITO, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment.