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To: ThethoughtsofGreg
I can't remember another SCOTUS decision with a stranger grouping of Justices.

Majority opinion: Ginsberg, Roberts, Breyer, Sotomayor; Alito concurring.

Kagan, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, dissenting.

FWIW, I agree with the decision. We are criminalizing way too much behavior in America today. Throwing a fish back in the ocean is a federal crime? Seriously?

I am surprised by Kennedy. He is usually of a more practical and somewhat libertarian bent.

15 posted on 02/25/2015 2:58:47 PM PST by colorado tanker
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To: colorado tanker

It is a stupid law, and we are criminalizing way too much, but do you really want the supreme court to act based on that criteria? It is a dangerous invitation to judicial activism. Laws like this need to be killed legislatively, not judicially.


21 posted on 02/25/2015 3:03:37 PM PST by Wayne07
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