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Justices hold that restitution requirements imposed on federal convicts can’t be ratcheted up after the crime but before sentencing

Yesterday’s majority opinion by Brett Kavanaugh in Ellingburg v. United States well may be the shortest of the term – less ...
JD Supra

Calling it What it Is: Restitution as a “Plainly Criminal” Punishment Under Unanimous SCOTUS opinion in Ellingburg v. United States

The Mandatory Victims Restitution Act (MVRA), enacted in 1996, requires defendants convicted of certain federal crimes to pay ...

Justice Thomas, Joined by Justice Gorsuch, Argue for Broader Scope of Constitutional Ban on Ex Post Facto Laws

Brief excerpts from today's concurrence in Ellingburg v. U.S., though the whole opinion is worth a read: I join ...

Clarence Thomas wants SCOTUS to return to understanding established in 1798

In a concurring opinion joined by Justice Neil Gorsuch, Thomas said he would restore the approach taken in Calder v. Bull.
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Supreme Court Considers Whether Law Uses Victim Restitution as Form of Punishment – The Epoch Times

The Supreme Court held oral argument on Oct. 14 in a case that prompted the justices to wrestle with whether crime victims’ ...