This week at the U.S. Supreme Court saw a new case taken up over government surveillance, an unsuccessful challenge to the male-only draft and a major immigration ruling dashing the hopes of many immigrants with "temporary protected status" of obtaining green cards. Law360's The Term catches up with all the news.
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The Supreme Court of the United States handed down a 5-4 ruling Thursday, holding that crimes requiring a mental state of recklessness are insufficient to trigger mandatory minimum sentences under federal law. Both Justices Kagan and Kavanaugh had some thoughts in the footnotes. The post Kagan Goes After Kavanaugh for Lengthy Footnote: There’s Nothing ‘Unfair’ About This Outcome first appeared on Law & Crime.
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