The morning read for Friday, March 21
The court released two opinions this morning. In Delligatti v. United States, the court ruled against a former associate of the Genovese crime family that an attempted murder-for-hire was a violent crime eligible for a firearms sentencing enhancement under federal law. And in Thompson v.... The post The morning read for Friday, March 21 appeared first on SCOTUSblog.
The court released two opinions this morning. In Delligatti v. United States, the court ruled against a former associate of the Genovese crime family that an attempted murder-for-hire was a violent crime eligible for a firearms sentencing enhancement under federal law. And in Thompson v. United States, the court ruled for a former Chicago alderman that a federal law that makes it a crime to make false statements to the FDIC does not criminalize statements that are misleading but true.
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read:
- Justices Take Broad View of ‘Crime of Violence’ in Mob Case (Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson, Bloomberg Law)
- Florida man is executed for the killings of an 8-year-old girl and her grandmother (Curt Anderson, The Associated Press)
- Yearslong redistricting saga puts Voting Rights Act in Supreme Court’s crosshairs (Kelsey Reichmann, Courthouse News Service)
- Neil Gorsuch Breaks With Supreme Court in Rare Opinion (Jenna Sundel, Newsweek)
- The Small, Simple Question That Changed Supreme Court History (Linda Greenhouse, The New York Times)
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