Paroline v. U.S., No. 12-8561 (U.S. Supreme Court) (572 U.S. 434; 134 S.Ct. 1710) (April 23, 2014) (Justice Kennedy)
This decision finally resolved (at least in part) a growing, and increasingly contentious, divide among the lower courts over the correct interpretation of 18 U.S.C. § 2259, a component of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994. That confusing and confused statute requires district courts to order defendants convicted of …
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