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Headline Roundup June 3rd, 2019

Ginsburg and Gorsuch Flip Sides

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The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in favor of the respondent, on Monday morning. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a traditionally liberal justice, concurred with the conservative majority- while Neil Gorsuch, a Trump pick and traditionally conservative justice, sided with the liberal dissent. Mont v. United States dealt with criminal charges being pressed on the petitioner for violating his supervised released conditions. However, the petitioner believed that the United States had violated the Constitution by having him serve time for violating said release conditions, outside the time in which they applied, due to pretrial delays.

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Ginsburg sides with conservative justices in ruling over prison sentence
Ginsburg sides with conservative justices in ruling over prison sentence

The Hill

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The Supreme Court on Monday found that a criminal defendant can be sentenced for violating his supervised release, even if the release expires while he is incarcerated ahead of facing new charges.

The justices, divided in the 5-4 decision, ruled against Jason Mont's argument that a district court shouldn't be able to charge him for violating his release because the term had expired at the time of the new sentencing.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg sided with conservative Justices Clarence Thomas, John Roberts, Samuel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh in the majority....

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg flips, supporting conservative stance in criminal sentencing decision
Ruth Bader Ginsburg flips, supporting conservative stance in criminal sentencing decision

The Independent

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg has sided with the Supreme Court’s conservative justices in a criminal sentencing case that ended with a 5-4 decision.

The court determined a defendant can be sentenced for violating their supervised release — even if that release was to expire during their incarceration while facing new charges.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in her dissent that the Supreme Court reached its decision “by adopting a backward-looking approach.”

“Because I cannot agree that a person ‘is imprisoned in connection with a conviction’ before any conviction has occurred, I respectfully...

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg flips, supporting conservative stance in criminal sentencing decision
Ruth Bader Ginsburg flips, supporting conservative stance in criminal sentencing decision

Townhall

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg, one of the four liberal justices on the Supreme Court, sided with her conservative colleagues on Monday over a prisoner's supervisory release. She joined Justices Clarence Thomas, John Roberts, Samuel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh in the majority, deciding that a criminal defendant, in this case Jason Mont, can be sentenced for violating his supervised release, even if the release expires while he is incarcerated ahead of facing new charges. Her vote was swapped with conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch, who joined liberal Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer and...

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