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Yates v. U.S., No. 13-7451 (U.S. Supreme Court) (574 U.S. ___; 135 S.Ct. 1074) (February 25, 2015) (Justice Ginsburg)

Some day philosophers will probably look back at this decision and, with great mirth, debate who was sillier:

-- the avaricious prosecutors for attempting to prosecute a fisherman under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, a high-penalty statute that was undeniably “designed to protect investors and restore trust in the financial ...

 

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