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Cosby, Wooden, and the Supreme Court's Busy Day

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The Rule of Lenity in the Supreme Court

i hadn't thought about the rule of lenity in a really long time, i found myself wondering, where are we really at the end of the day with this case a? And i feel like, rather than there being actually some sort of multifacture, multifactor balancing test, she just went ahead and imposed. It's so much like a obscenity standard from the, you know, the seventies of you know it when you see it. But his point is, a federal criminal statute does not contain a wilf if a federal criminal law doesn't have a wilfulness requirement. I would continue to vigorously apply and where appropriate, extend, men’s rea

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