SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

They also argue that Congress, elsewhere in the CSA, meaningfully deviated from the “knowingly or intentionally” language to impose a lower standard for certain actions undertaken “knowingly or recklessly,” thereby showing that Congress knew how to criminalize merely reckless behavior when it wanted to.

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JonathanTurley

JULY 21, 2022

It is difficult to make a criminal case over what an official failed to do. Yet the last hearing seemed to focus on a number of things that did not occur, from a draft tweet that was not sent to an executive order that was never signed. It is the type of evidence used to show mens rea — “guilty mind.”

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Yet the last hearing seemed to focus on a number of things that did not occur, from a draft tweet that was not sent to an executive order that was never signed. That is a far cry from evidence showing mens rea — “guilty mind.” Instead, much of the evidence cited what an official failed to do.

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