Criminal Law Mens Rea Statute 
JURIST
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Right on Crime contends that “there has been an explosion of criminal laws passed by Congress and promulgated by federal executive agencies” where mens rea requirements have been intentionally omitted.
SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 28, 2022
Even in the midst of a historic opioid crisis, and an intensely fractured Supreme Court term, the justices found common ground in longstanding presumptions of criminal law and the core principle of physician discretion. The case, Ruan v. The question was whether a doctor’s subjective intent in prescribing matters.
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FDA Law Blog
NOVEMBER 6, 2022
Gaulkin — We previously blogged about Pfizer’s copay assistance lawsuit, which sought to challenge HHS’s interpretation of the Federal health care program anti-kickback statute (AKS) and position that the company’s proposed copay assistance program would violate the AKS. The Second Circuit’s Interpretation of the AKS and its Mens Rea Element.
JonathanTurley
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
The statute itself reads like criminalized negligence. It uses the language of criminal scienter in requiring an intentional act. The mens rea element is merely eliminating involuntary failures like illness or force in the failure to perform.
LexForti
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
Before establishment of this statute, there was the absence of any special law which could be entirely designated for the offenses perpetrated against minors. Instead, the offenses were recorded under the Indian Penal Code, 1860, or the Criminal Procedure Code. Narrowly Construed Cases.
JonathanTurley
JUNE 17, 2022
Even then, it can be difficult since attempted murder requires proof that the defendant “must have taken a substantial step towards that crime, and must also have had the requisite mens rea.” ” Braxton v. United States , 500 U.S. 344 (1991). ” .
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