OT: USA: Big Supreme Court case about double jeopardy

[Winfield Hill]

trader4@optonline.net wrote...

On Monday, June 17, 2019 at 2:52:02 PM UTC-4, John Doe wrote:
The Supremes upheld the "separate sovereigns exception" rule, ignoring
the plain text of our Constitution. The Double Jeopardy Clause was
intended for the government as a whole. Their ruling trashed a reason
for incorporation. They manufactured an excuse by misinterpreting a
single word in the clause, making the clause meaningless. It's all about
ever-expanding government. But I'm surprised they didn't give a little
back on their way to totalitarian rule.

Without reading the whole history behind it, my initial impression is
to agree with you, that they probably got it wrong. Interesting split,
7-2, with Gorsuch and RBG dissenting.

Federal rights vs state's rights, and a don't-rock-the-boat decision?


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Thanks,
- Win