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PoliticAverse

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2. See...
Sun Sep 30, 2018, 02:03 PM
Sep 2018
https://www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/gamble-v-united-states/

> which seems to be why the rethugs are so hellbent to cram Kavanaugh onto the bench.

Not really. They want him on the bench because he'll be the potential 5th vote in 5-4 decisions in many cases and the new court term starts now.

The Gamble issue is overblown, won't affect that much, and liberals like Ruth Bader Ginsberg are on the side
of ending the "separate sovereign" double jeopardy exception.

> If Mueller turned findings of criminal wrongdoing to the particular states in which those activities and he did not bring Federal cases forward, would that be exempt from the ruling?

Yes. It only would apply in cases of the identical crime tried already by the the federal government or a state. Note that a crime like state income tax evasion is a different crime than federal income tax evasion.


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