The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday to uphold lower-court decisions on sentencing requirements for firearm convictions.
Conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch and liberal Justice Elena Kagan joined liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson in dissenting in a case involving drug and firearm convictions filed Thursday, arguing that the court is contradicting its own rulings in the majority opinion.Brown v.
Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Clarence Thomas, Justice Brett Kavanaugh and Justice Amy Coney Barrett—all of whom are conservative-leaning—joined Alito in the opinion, as did liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor.'As we explained in McNeill, ACCA requires sentencing courts to examine the law as it was when the defendant violated it, even if that law is subsequently amended,' the majority opinion read.
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