The court released two opinions this morning. In Delligatti v. United States, the court ruled against a former associate of the Genovese crime family that an attempted murder-for-hire was a violent crime eligible for a firearms sentencing enhancement under federal law. And in Thompson v. United States, the court ruled for a former Chicago alderman that a federal law that makes it a crime to make false statements to the FDIC does not criminalize statements that are misleading but true.
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read:
- Justices Take Broad View of ‘Crime of Violence’ in Mob Case (Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson, Bloomberg Law)
- Florida man is executed for the killings of an 8-year-old girl and her grandmother (Curt Anderson, The Associated Press)
- Yearslong redistricting saga puts Voting Rights Act in Supreme Court’s crosshairs (Kelsey Reichmann, Courthouse News Service)
- Neil Gorsuch Breaks With Supreme Court in Rare Opinion (Jenna Sundel, Newsweek)
- The Small, Simple Question That Changed Supreme Court History (Linda Greenhouse, The New York Times)
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