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Alito's Preemptive Strike (Against ProPublica)

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The Importance of Limiting Instructions in Trials

In United States v. Hansen, a Fiji citizen was convicted of inducing illegal immigration by using an adult adoption service. The question is over breadth challenge: Does that violate his free speech rights? In the end, the court says no; it's not broad enough to strike down the law. Roberts, Thomas Alito, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, joined with Thomas in a concurrence. Jackson and Sotomayor dissenting.

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