The Georgia Supreme Court overturned a state ban on where convicted sex offenders could live.
The Court said “Under the terms of that statute, it is apparent that there is no place in Georgia where a registered sex offender can live without being continually at risk of being ejected."
If an offender found a legal place to live, then later a school (or other place where children might congregate) was built, the law required the offender to move.
According to the New York Times, "State Representative Jerry Keen, a Republican who sponsored the legislation, said the court had superseded the will of both the legislative and executive branches of Georgia’s government."
Yep, Representative Keen, that is what courts do sometime, especially when the legislative and executive branches wish to do something unconstitutional. It's kinda what the court is supposed to do.
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