Supreme Court won't review Louisiana 'Sex Offender' ID defacement case - The Advocate

The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to take up or in legal terms denied Certiorari (Cert) on an appeal from the State of Louisiana to their State Supreme Court’s decision that upheld a lower Court’s ruling regarding branding the driver's licenses of individuals required to register with “SEX OFFENDER” on the front of the license.

In refusing to hear the case, the SCOTUS is effectively letting the State Supreme Court decision stand that says branding licenses with "SEX OFFENDER" is unconstitutional.

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Louisiana was one of fewer than a dozen states (Florida included) that branded the driver’s licenses of persons required to register. While it would have been even better for the SCOTUS to take up the case, making a binding precedent for the entire country, this outcome is a close second. While this decision is not controlling in other states, it should be persuasive to courts in other states. If a similar case with the opposite state court decisions happens in another state, then this issue would be more likely to be taken up by the SCOTUS.

From Once Fallen website - States that mark State ID/DLs:

AL, AZ, DE, FL, KS, LA, MS, OK, TN, VA (only on certain CDLs), WV

https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/courts/article_fd80d486-2527-11ec-ac27-a7928c04785c.html

There may be other states that mark drivers licenses in less obvious ways, such as IL that normally issues 4 year DL but only issues 1 year DL to those that are listed on the registry. Anyone aware of this can easily spot the 1 year DL and know that it means that person is listed on the registry.

Credits to: The Advocate, FAC and Once Fallen.

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