Court strikes a blow for sentencing discretion under provision in federal firearm statute
SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 20, 2023
.” Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s concise opinion for the court opted for a simple and literal construction of the statute’s language. And Congress put subsection (j) in a different subsection of the statute.” It could have mandated harsher punishment under subsection (j) than under subsection (c).
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