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A Fear of Too Much Justice

Strict Scrutiny

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The Majority's Reasoning Suggests a Fear of Too Much Justice

Justice Jackson calls what the majority is offering a stingy characterization of the law. She says Congress should be perfectly clear if a statute is to keep legally innocent people in jail. This reasoning really calls to mind one of Justice William Brennan's maybe most famous lines from McCloskey versus Kemp.

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