Who May We Detain and How: Lessons from Post 9/11 Enemy Combatant Jurisprudence for New York's Civil Commitment of Sex Offenders

Authors

Samantha Alessi

Document Type

Note

Abstract

(Excerpt)

Part I of this Note discusses the passage and provisions of the New York Sex Offender Management and Treatment Act. It also provides a brief discussion of the two Supreme Court cases directly addressing civil confinement of sex offenders. Part II analyzes how the 9/11 enemy combatant cases can be used to determine the constitutionality of the New York statute. Part III considers some actual and potential challenges to the New York law, with responses drawn from the reasoning of the Supreme Court’s detainee cases.