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In a 7-2 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday has upheld an exception to the Fifth Amendment’s ban on “double jeopardy,” allowing a state and the federal government to each prosecute an individual for the same action if it violates both state and federal laws.
The case could have incidentally expanded the presidential pardon power by ending the exception, but the court did not take that step.
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Visits: 7Federal officials say that a California man accused of plotting to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh had a more expansive goal to change the makeup of the Supreme Court in discussions he had […]
Visits: 14 The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed likely to side with a Catholic social services agency in a dispute with Philadelphia over the agency’s refusal to work with same-sex couples as foster parents By […]
Visits: 4 President Trump vowed to fight against the opioid epidemic and took credit for recent progress combating the public health emergency at the Rx Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit in Atlanta on Wednesday. “Everyone […]
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