Opinion analysis: A straightforward opinion settles two federal criminal law questions

As seemed clear to me from the oral argument, the Court yesterday unanimously ruled for the government on two questions of federal criminal law. Justice Clarence Thomas’s crisp fourteen-page opinion for the Court carefully avoids controversy. Indeed, more interesting than the answers, perhaps, are the questions affirmatively left “open” in Musacchio v. United States. Within … Continue reading Opinion analysis: A straightforward opinion settles two federal criminal law questions