Cengage Advantage Books: Fundamentals of Business Law 9th Edition by Roger LeRoy Miller

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Commerce Clause. Under the federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), sex offenders must register as sex offenders and update their registration when they travel from one state to another. David Hall, a convicted sex offender in New York, moved from New York to Virginia, where he lived for part of a year. When he returned to New York, he was charged with the federal offense of failing to register as a sex offender while in Virginia, as required by SORNA. In his defense, he claimed that SORNA was unconstitutional because Congress had no authority to criminalize interstate travel since no commerce was involved. The district court dismissed the indictment. The government appealed, contending that the statute is valid under the commerce clause. Does that contention seem reasonable? Why or why not? [ United States v Hall, 591 F3d 83 (2d Cir. 2010)]