Double Jeopardy! Another assault on the Constitution? Tyranny abounds.
It’s not double jeopardy. We have dual sovereigns. Thus, you can be charged under State law and Federal law for the same incident.
I personally think this doctrine should be overturned, but it was just upheld by the Supreme Court in Gamble v. United States in a 7-2 decision. Only Gorsuch and Ginsburg disagreed.
Justice Gorsuch got this right for the right reasons, Ginsburg got the right result for the wrong reasons.
I can't believe this is constitutional no matter what anyone says. It most certainly is double jeopardy, and any ordinary citizen alive in Jefferson's day would immediately recognize it as such. Only a lawyer could contort law in such a way as to void the constitutional rights of innocent men.
It is not double jeopardy but it is wrong.