Jones v. U.S., No. 97-6203 (U.S. Supreme Court) (526 U.S. 227; 119 S.Ct. 1215) (March 24, 1999) (Justice Souter)

Loaded on Jan. 27, 2002

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Kidnapping, Abduction or Unlawful Restraint.

If the Rehnquist Supreme Court were given a Rorschach test, the results would probably confound the most expertly trained psychoanalysts. This case is another example of the impossibility of predicting how the Supreme Court will rule on any given issue, or what combination of judges will join on any given ...

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