what do you think of the indefinite imprisonment of certain sex offenders?

[Syrinx]

I'm no constitutional scholar, but this sure seems unconstitutional to me, and I'm surprised that the president is supporting it.

WASHINGTON – Chief Justice John Roberts has granted the Obama administration's request to the Supreme Court to block the release of certain sex offenders who have completed their federal prison terms.

The federal appeals court in Richmond, Va., had earlier invalidated a law allowing the indefinite commitment of "sexually dangerous" prison inmates.

Roberts, in an order Friday, says as many as 77 inmates can continue to be held at a prison in North Carolina at least until the high court decides whether to hear the administration's appeal of a ruling by the federal appeals court.

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The administration is arguing that the law does not violate the Constitution and was well within Congress' power.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090403/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_sex_offender_law_3

Congress could pass life-in-prison laws for certain sex offenses if it chose to. But I'm thinking that keeping people confined after they have served their sentences in full is offensive to Constitutional principles.