The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that reckless criminal conduct doesn't qualify as a violent felony under the Armed Career Criminal Act, a federal law that mandates longer sentences for firearms possession convictions if a person has previously been convicted of three violent crimes.
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Often amicus brief impact is felt in policy related matters. We see this in the amicus briefs cited in several cases already this term.
Reflecting this policy based importance, Justice Breyer wrote in his majority opinion in AMG Capital: The “Commission and its amici emphasize the policy-related importance of allowing the Commission to use § 13(b) to obtain monetary relief. They suggest that it is undesirable simply to enjoin those who violate the Act while leaving them with profits earned at the unjustified expense of consumers. See, e.g., Brief for Respondent 8–9; Brief for Truth in Advertising, Inc., as Amicus Curiae 7–13; Brief for American Antitrust Institute as Amicus Curiae 9–21; Brief for National Consumer Law Center et al. as Amici Curiae 10–20; Brief for Illinois et al. as Amici Curiae 5–11. They 1352 point to the