[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]1LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
We2PPwe
will3MDwill
hear4VVhear
argument5NNargument
this6DTthis
morning7NNmorning
in8INin
Case9NPCase
17-64610CD@card@
,11,,
Gamble12NPGamble
versus13CCversus
United14NPUnited
States15NPSStates
.16SENT.
Mr17NPMr
.18SENT.
Chaiten19NNSChaiten
.20SENT.
[MR. CHAITEN]21LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
Thank22VVthank
you23PPyou
,24,,
Mr25NPMr
.26SENT.
Chief27NPChief
Justice28NPJustice
,29,,
and30CCand
may31MDmay
it32PPit
please33VVplease
the34DTthe
Court35NPCourt
:36::
The37DTthe
separate38JJseparate
sovereigns39NNSsovereign
exception40NNexception
to41TOto
the42DTthe
Double43NPDouble
Jeopardy44NNjeopardy
Clause45NNclause
is46VBZbe
inconsistent47JJinconsistent
with48INwith
the49DTthe
text50NNtext
and51CCand
original52JJoriginal
meaning53NNmeaning
of54INof
the55DTthe
Double56NPDouble
Jeopardy57NNjeopardy
Clause58NNclause
.59SENT.
There60EXthere
is61VBZbe
no62DTno
dispute63NNdispute
that64IN/thatthat
the65DTthe
text66NNtext
of67INof
the68DTthe
clause69NNclause
was70VBDbe
understood71VVNunderstand
to72TOto
incorporate73VVincorporate
English74JJEnglish
practice75NNpractice
.76SENT.
And77CCand
there78EXthere
was79VBDbe
no80DTno
practice81NNpractice
of82INof
intersovereign83JJintersovereign
successive84JJsuccessive
prosecutions85NNSprosecution
in86INin
all87DTall
of88INof
English89JJEnglish
history90NNhistory
or91CCor
in92INin
American93JJAmerican
history94NNhistory
for95INfor
the96DTthe
first97JJfirst
century98NNcentury
of99INof
this100DTthis
republic101NNrepublic
after102INafter
the103DTthe
framing104NNframing
.105SENT.
There106EXthere
's107VBZbe
also108RBalso
a109DTa
mountain110NNmountain
of111INof
affirmative112JJaffirmative
evidence113NNevidence
that114IN/thatthat
in115INin
England116NPEngland
,117,,
even118RBeven
a119DTa
foreign120JJforeign
acquittal121NNacquittal
by122INby
a123DTa
court124NNcourt
of125INof
competent126JJcompetent
and127CCand
current128JJcurrent
...129:...
concurrent130JJconcurrent
jurisdiction131NNjurisdiction
bars132VVZbar
a133DTa
subsequent134JJsubsequent
prosecution135NNprosecution
in136INin
England137NPEngland
for138INfor
the139DTthe
...140:...
for141INfor
the142DTthe
same143JJsame
offense144NNoffense
.145SENT.
[JUSTICE ALITO]146LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
You147PPyou
think148VVPthink
that149WDTthat
's150VBZbe
fair151JJfair
3152CD3
to153TOto
...154:...
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]155LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
Well156UHWell
,157,,
your158PP$your
...159:...
[JUSTICE ALITO]160LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
Excuse161NNexcuse
me162PPme
,163,,
Chief164NPChief
.165SENT.
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]166LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
Your167PP$your
leading168VVGlead
authority169NNauthority
is170VBZbe
a171DTa
foreign172JJforeign
prosecution173NNprosecution
in174INin
England175NPEngland
of176INof
the177DTthe
...178:...
the179DTthe
...180:...
in181INin
...182:...
in183INin
the184DTthe
Spanish185JJSpanish
case186NNcase
.187SENT.
And188CCand
the189DTthe
argument190NNargument
on191INon
the192DTthe
other193JJother
side194NNside
,195,,
which196WDTwhich
has197VHZhave
some198DTsome
traction199NNtraction
,200,,
I201PPI
think202VVPthink
,203,,
is204VBZbe
that205IN/thatthat
it206PPit
would207MDwould
be208VBbe
quite209RBquite
unusual210JJunusual
or211CCor
surprising212JJsurprising
for213INfor
the214DTthe
new215JJnew
American216JJAmerican
republic217NNrepublic
to218TOto
look219VVlook
to220TOto
Europe221NPEurope
in222INin
a223DTa
question224NNquestion
like225INlike
that226DTthat
because227INbecause
the228DTthe
one229CDone
concern230NNconcern
,231,,
and232CCand
applies233VVZapply
both234DTboth
in235INin
the236DTthe
English237JJEnglish
situation238NNsituation
as239INas
well240RBwell
,241,,
is242VBZbe
that243IN/thatthat
it244PPit
would245MDwould
be246VBbe
a247DTa
significant248JJsignificant
intrusion249NNintrusion
on250INon
sovereignty251NNsovereignty
,252,,
a253DTa
particular254JJparticular
concern255NNconcern
of256INof
the257DTthe
new258JJnew
...259:...
new260JJnew
American261JJAmerican
republic262NNrepublic
,263,,
to264TOto
allow265VVallow
a266DTa
foreign267JJforeign
prosecution268NNprosecution
to269TOto
limit270VVlimit
the271DTthe
authority272NNauthority
of273INof
...274:...
of275INof
the276DTthe
...277:...
the278DTthe
United279NPUnited
States280NPSStates
.281SENT.
It's282NNSIt's
...283:...
and284CCand
,285,,
frankly286RBfrankly
,287,,
it288PPit
's289VBZbe
...290:...
would291MDwould
be292VBbe
surprising293JJsurprising
even294RBeven
in295INin
the296DTthe
...297:...
the298DTthe
English299JJEnglish
case300NNcase
.301SENT.
I302PPI
mean303VVPmean
,304,,
the305DTthe
...306:...
the307DTthe
relations308NNSrelation
between309INbetween
Spain310NPSpain
and311CCand
England312NPEngland
were313VBDbe
not314RBnot
exactly315RBexactly
the316DTthe
...317:...
the318DTthe
best319JJSgood
.320SENT.
And321CCand
why322WRBwhy
...323:...
I324PPI
mean325VVPmean
,326,,
if327INif
it328PPit
...329:...
if330INif
it331PPit
were332VBDbe
a333DTa
Spanish334JJSpanish
case335NNcase
involving336VVGinvolve
the337DTthe
murder338NNmurder
of339INof
Englishmen340NNSEnglishman
,341,,
would342MDwould
the343DTthe
English344JJEnglish
court345NNcourt
really346RBreally
have347VHPhave
said348VVNsay
,349,,
well350RBwell
,351,,
he352PPhe
was353VBDbe
tried354VVNtry
in355INin
Spain356NPSpain
,357,,
so358RBso
we're359JJwe're
...360:...
our361PP$our
hands362NNShand
are363VBPbe
tied364VVNtie
?365SENT?
[MR. CHAITEN]366LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
Well367UHwell
,368,,
there369EXthere
's370VBZbe
overwhelming371JJoverwhelming
evidence372NNevidence
,373,,
as374INas
I375PPI
said376VVDsay
,377,,
that378IN/thatthat
that379DTthat
is380VBZbe
the381DTthe
English382JJEnglish
rule383NNrule
,384,,
and385CCand
there386EXthere
's387VBZbe
no388DTno
dispute389NNdispute
that390IN/thatthat
the391DTthe
framers392NNSframer
were393VBDbe
incorporating394VVGincorporate
English395JJEnglish
practice396NNpractice
into397INinto
the398DTthe
Double399NPDouble
Jeopardy400NNjeopardy
Clause401NNclause
.402SENT.
And403CCand
...404:...
[JUSTICE GINSBURG]405LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
Any406DTany
...407:...
any408DTany
country409NNcountry
in410INin
the411DTthe
world412NNworld
?413SENT?
[MR. CHAITEN]414LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
Any415DTany
country416NNcountry
in417INin
the418DTthe
world419NNworld
?420SENT?
[JUSTICE GINSBURG]421LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
Yes422NPYes
.423SENT.
If424INif
there425EXthere
's426VBZbe
...427:...
[MR. CHAITEN]428LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
Well429UHwell
,430,,
it431PPit
...432:...
I'm433NNI'm
...434:...
I435PPI
'm436VBPbe
sorry437JJsorry
.438SENT.
[JUSTICE GINSBURG]439LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
If440INif
there441EXthere
's442VBZbe
a443DTa
...444:...
a445DTa
prior446JJprior
criminal447JJcriminal
proceeding448NNproceeding
,449,,
either450CCeither
an451DTan
acquittal452NNacquittal
or453CCor
a454DTa
conviction455NNconviction
,456,,
any457DTany
country458NNcountry
in459INin
the460DTthe
world461NNworld
,462,,
that463WDTthat
would464MDwould
count465VVcount
?466SENT?
[MR. CHAITEN]467LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
So468RBso
...469:...
so470RBso
there471EXthere
are472VBPbe
a473DTa
few474JJfew
requirements475NNSrequirement
.476SENT.
One477CDOne
,478,,
it479PPit
would480MDwould
have481VHhave
to482TOto
be483VBbe
the484DTthe
same485JJsame
offense486NNoffense
,487,,
so488RBso
you489PPyou
would490MDwould
have491VHhave
to492TOto
meet493VVmeet
the494DTthe
English495JJEnglish
standard496NNstandard
,497,,
which498WDTwhich
is499VBZbe
,500,,
in501INin
fact502NNfact
,503,,
the504DTthe
standard505NNstandard
of506INof
this507DTthis
Court508NPCourt
today509NNtoday
.510SENT.
[JUSTICE BREYER]511LOC[JUSTICE BREYER]
It512PPit
is513VBZbe
n't514RBn't
clear515JJclear
.516SENT.
I517PPI
mean518VVPmean
,519,,
I520PPI
thought521VVDthink
when522WRBwhen
I523PPI
read524VVPread
your525PP$your
brief526NNbrief
,527,,
well528RBwell
,529,,
you530PPyou
're531VBPbe
absolutely532RBabsolutely
right533JJright
.534SENT.
But535CCbut
then536RBthen
I537PPI
read538VVPread
the539DTthe
other540JJother
side541NNside
on542INon
the543DTthe
practice544NNpractice
.545SENT.
[546SYM[
LAUGHTER547NNlaughter
]548SYM]
[JUSTICE BREYER]549LOC[JUSTICE BREYER]
And550CCand
now551RBnow
I552PPI
'm553VBPbe
not554RBnot
going555VVGgo
to556TOto
say557VVsay
you558PPyou
're559VBPbe
absolutely560RBabsolutely
wrong561JJwrong
,562,,
but563CCbut
three564CDthree
times565NNStime
the566DTthe
Court567NPCourt
has568VHZhave
considered569VVNconsider
your570PP$your
arguments571NNSargument
,572,,
looked573VVNlook
at574INat
those575DTthose
cases576NNScase
,577,,
the578DTthe
English579JJEnglish
case580NNcase
,581,,
Hutchinson582NPHutchinson
,583,,
no584DTno
report585NNreport
.586SENT.
Later587JJRlater
cases588NNScase
refer589VVPrefer
to590TOto
it591PPit
.592SENT.
There593EXthere
was594VBDbe
a595DTa
complexity596NNcomplexity
involving597VVGinvolve
a598DTa
special599JJspecial
commission600NNcommission
designed601VVNdesign
to602TOto
try603VVtry
people604NNSpeople
who605WPwho
had606VHDhave
committed607VVNcommit
murder608NNmurder
outside609INoutside
the610DTthe
country611NNcountry
.612SENT.
The613DTthe
King614NPKing
's615POS's
Bench616NPBench
did617VVDdo
n't618RBn't
have619VHhave
authority620NNauthority
.621SENT.
The622DTthe
King623NPKing
's624POS's
Bench625NPBench
referred626VVDrefer
it627PPit
to628TOto
that629DTthat
commission630NNcommission
,631,,
and632CCand
that633DTthat
commission634NNcommission
said635VVDsay
:636::
Well637UHwell
,638,,
he639PPhe
was640VBDbe
acquitted641VVNacquit
in642INin
Portugal643NPPortugal
and644CCand
,645,,
therefore646RBtherefore
,647,,
we648PPwe
will649MDwill
not650RBnot
try651VVtry
him652PPhim
in653INin
this654DTthis
special655JJspecial
commission656NNcommission
designed657VVNdesign
to658TOto
,659,,
dah-dah660NNdah-dah
.661SENT.
And662CCand
does663NNSdoe
that664WDTthat
reflect665VVPreflect
a666DTa
principle667NNprinciple
of668INof
law669NNlaw
?670SENT?
Does671VVZdo
it672PPit
reflect673VVreflect
something674NNsomething
about675INabout
the676DTthe
commission677NNcommission
?678SENT?
Does679VVZdo
it680PPit
reflect681VVreflect
something682NNsomething
about683INabout
the684DTthe
individual685JJindividual
circumstances686NNScircumstance
?687SENT?
So688RBso
far689RBfar
,690,,
it691PPit
seems692VVZseem
to693TOto
me694PPme
,695,,
no696DTno
one697CDone
has698VHZhave
any699DTany
idea700NNidea
.701SENT.
If702INif
you703PPyou
read704VVPread
Gage705NPGage
,706,,
you707PPyou
'll708MDwill
discover709VVdiscover
the710DTthe
other711JJother
side712NNside
's713POS's
argument714NNargument
.715SENT.
And716CCand
the717DTthe
same718JJsame
is719VBZbe
true720JJtrue
of721INof
the722DTthe
early723JJearly
cases724NNScase
.725SENT.
I726PPI
won727MDwill
't728RB't
go729VVgo
through730INthrough
all731DTall
of732INof
them733PPthem
here734RBhere
.735SENT.
[MR. CHAITEN]736LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
So737RBso
...738:...
so739RBso
...740:...
[JUSTICE BREYER]741LOC[JUSTICE BREYER]
But742CCbut
the743DTthe
early744JJearly
cases745NNScase
,746,,
we747PPwe
find748VVPfind
some749DTsome
...750:...
[MR. CHAITEN]751LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
So752RBso
...753:...
so754RBso
...755:...
[JUSTICE BREYER]756LOC[JUSTICE BREYER]
...757:...
you758PPyou
know759VVPknow
,760,,
that761DTthat
support762NNsupport
you763PPyou
and764CCand
some765DTsome
that766WDTthat
do767VVPdo
n't768RBn't
.769SENT.
What770WPWhat
do771VVPdo
we772PPwe
do773VVPdo
?774SENT?
[MR. CHAITEN]775LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
So776INso
I777PPI
...778:...
I779PPI
do780VVPdo
think781VVthink
they782PPthey
all783RBall
support784VVsupport
us785PPus
.786SENT.
[JUSTICE BREYER]787LOC[JUSTICE BREYER]
They788PPthey
all789RBall
support790VVsupport
you791PPyou
?792SENT?
[MR. CHAITEN]793LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
Yes794NPYes
,795,,
I796PPI
do797VVPdo
believe798VVbelieve
they799PPthey
all800RBall
support801VVsupport
us802PPus
.803SENT.
And804CCand
the805DTthe
one806CDone
...807:...
the808DTthe
one809CDone
case810NNcase
you811PPyou
mentioned812VVDmention
that813WDTthat
is814VBZbe
...815:...
potentially816RBpotentially
leans817VVZlean
the818DTthe
other819JJother
way820NNway
is821VBZbe
Gage822NPGage
,823,,
but824CCbut
it825PPit
's826VBZbe
a827DTa
civil828JJcivil
case829NNcase
and830CCand
it831PPit
's832VBZbe
analogizing833VVGanalogize
to834TOto
Hutchinson835NPHutchinson
for836INfor
the837DTthe
purposes838NNSpurpose
of839INof
...840:...
of841INof
...842:...
of843INof
how844WRBhow
...845:...
a846DTa
rule847NNrule
about848INabout
recognition849NNrecognition
of850INof
civil851JJcivil
judgments852NNSjudgment
.853SENT.
And854CCand
there855EXthere
is856VBZbe
no857DTno
ancient858JJancient
rule859NNrule
rooted860VVNroot
in861INin
Talmud862NNTalmud
,863,,
in864INin
Roman865NPRoman
law866NNlaw
,867,,
in868INin
Greek869JJGreek
law870NNlaw
,871,,
in872INin
canon873NNcanon
law874NNlaw
,875,,
in876INin
ancient877JJancient
English878JJEnglish
common879JJcommon
law880NNlaw
to881TOto
have882VHhave
your883PP$your
civil884JJcivil
judgments885NNSjudgment
recognized886VVNrecognize
by887INby
another888DTanother
court889NNcourt
.890SENT.
[JUSTICE BREYER]891LOC[JUSTICE BREYER]
No892NPNo
,893,,
I894PPI
...895:...
I896PPI
...897:...
I898PPI
accept899VVPaccept
that900RBthat
.901SENT.
[MR. CHAITEN]902LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
There903EXthere
is904VBZbe
not905RBnot
to906TOto
be907VBbe
prosecuted908VVNprosecute
by909INby
...910:...
for911INfor
...912:...
for913INfor
a914DTa
successive915JJsuccessive
prosecution916NNprosecution
.917SENT.
And918CCand
the919DTthe
point920NNpoint
is921VBZbe
not922RBnot
...923:...
[JUSTICE GINSBURG]924LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
May925MDmay
I926PPI
ask927VVask
you928PPyou
to929TOto
just930RBjust
step931VVstep
back932RBback
and933CCand
so934RBso
you935PPyou
can936MDcan
complete937VVcomplete
your938PP$your
answer939NNanswer
to940TOto
my941PP$my
question942NNquestion
?943SENT?
I944PPI
had945VHDhave
asked946VVNask
you947PPyou
any948DTany
country949NNcountry
in950INin
the951DTthe
world952NNworld
,953,,
the954DTthe
judgment955NNjudgment
from956INfrom
any957DTany
country958NNcountry
in959INin
...960:...
in961INin
the962DTthe
world963NNworld
.964SENT.
[MR. CHAITEN]965LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
So966RBso
...967:...
so968RBso
,969,,
if970INif
...971:...
if972INif
you973PPyou
're974VBPbe
asking975VVGask
me976PPme
what977WPwhat
the978DTthe
English979JJEnglish
rule980NNrule
was981VBDbe
,982,,
I983PPI
would984MDwould
say985VVsay
yes986UHyes
,987,,
that988WDTthat
is989VBZbe
,990,,
but991CCbut
there992EXthere
are993VBPbe
three994CDthree
important995JJimportant
qualifications996NNSqualification
on997INon
the998DTthe
rule999NNrule
.1000SENT.
First1001RBfirst
,1002,,
it1003PPit
...1004:...
it1005PPit
does1006VVZdo
have1007VHPhave
to1008TOto
be1009VBbe
the1010DTthe
same1011JJsame
offense1012NNoffense
,1013,,
so1014INso
there1015EXthere
is1016VBZbe
no1017DTno
dispute1018NNdispute
in1019INin
...1020:...
in1021INin
...1022:...
in1023INin
the1024DTthe
case1025NNcase
of1026INof
the1027DTthe
murder1028NNmurder
in1029INin
Portugal1030NPPortugal
and1031CCand
the1032DTthe
trial1033NNtrial
in1034INin
England1035NPEngland
or1036CCor
the1037DTthe
murder1038NNmurder
in1039INin
...1040:...
in1041INin
the1042DTthe
Cape1043NPCape
of1044INof
Good1045NPGood
Hope1046NPHope
and1047CCand
the1048DTthe
trial1049NNtrial
in1050INin
England1051NPEngland
that1052IN/thatthat
those1053DTthose
were1054VBDbe
the1055DTthe
same1056JJsame
offense1057NNoffense
.1058SENT.
They1059PPthey
were1060VBDbe
both1061DTboth
murder1062NNmurder
.1063SENT.
But1064CCbut
sometimes1065RBsometimes
that1066WDTthat
's1067VBZbe
a1068DTa
little1069RBlittle
more1070RBRmore
complicated1071JJcomplicated
because1072INbecause
it1073PPit
has1074VHZhave
to1075TOto
be1076VBbe
the1077DTthe
same1078JJsame
elements1079NNSelement
.1080SENT.
That1081DTthat
's1082VBZbe
the1083DTthe
...1084:...
that1085WDTthat
's1086VBZbe
the1087DTthe
meaning1088NNmeaning
of1089INof
"1090``"
same1091JJsame
offense1092NNoffense
"1093''"
under1094INunder
this1095DTthis
Court1096NPCourt
's1097POS's
jurisprudence1098NNjurisprudence
and1099CCand
under1100INunder
the1101DTthe
original1102JJoriginal
meaning1103NNmeaning
.1104SENT.
Secondly1105RBsecondly
,1106,,
and1107CCand
...1108:...
and1109CCand
...1110:...
and1111CCand
this1112DTthis
is1113VBZbe
very1114RBvery
important1115JJimportant
,1116,,
the1117DTthe
second1118JJsecond
court1119NNcourt
has1120VHZhave
to1121TOto
recognize1122VVrecognize
the1123DTthe
competent1124JJcompetent
and1125CCand
concurrent1126JJconcurrent
...1127:...
concurrent1128JJconcurrent
jurisdiction1129NNjurisdiction
of1130INof
the1131DTthe
first1132JJfirst
court1133NNcourt
.1134SENT.
That1135DTthat
...1136:...
that1137WDTthat
's1138VBZbe
part1139NNpart
of1140INof
the1141DTthe
English1142JJEnglish
rule1143NNrule
.1144SENT.
And1145CCand
there1146EXthere
's1147VBZbe
no1148DTno
dispute1149NNdispute
...1150:...
whatever1151WDTwhatever
may1152MDmay
arise1153VVarise
in1154INin
the1155DTthe
international1156JJinternational
context1157NNcontext
,1158,,
there1159EXthere
's1160VBZbe
no1161DTno
dispute1162NNdispute
that1163IN/thatthat
Alabama1164NPAlabama
and1165CCand
this1166DTthis
...1167:...
the1168DTthe
federal1169JJfederal
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[JUSTICE GINSBURG]1266LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
How1267NPHow
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[MR. CHAITEN]1273LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
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[JUSTICE ALITO]1278LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
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[MR. CHAITEN]1290LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
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[JUSTICE ALITO]1315LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
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[MR. CHAITEN]1444LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
So1445RBso
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[JUSTICE ALITO]1470LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
Yeah1471UHYeah
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[MR. CHAITEN]1475LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
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[JUSTICE ALITO]1483LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
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why1503WRBwhy
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[MR. CHAITEN]1509LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
Under1510INunder
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be1517VBbe
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[JUSTICE ALITO]1566LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
But1567CCbut
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[MR. CHAITEN]1576LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
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[JUSTICE ALITO]1584LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
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I1588PPI
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[MR. CHAITEN]1639LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
Well1640UHwell
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[JUSTICE ALITO]1649LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
So1650INso
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[MR. CHAITEN]1668LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
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[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]1822LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
Well1823UHwell
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[MR. CHAITEN]1833LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
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[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]1839LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
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hamper1883VVhamper
those1884DTthose
national1885JJnational
security1886NNsecurity
efforts1887NNSeffort
.1888SENT.
[MR. CHAITEN]1889LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
So1890RBso
...1891:...
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I1893PPI
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I1895PPI
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this1911DTthis
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a1913DTa
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a1924DTa
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and1928CCand
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is1930VBZbe
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[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]1932LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
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[MR. CHAITEN]1940LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
The1941DTthe
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[JUSTICE ALITO]2023LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
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[MR. CHAITEN]2096LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
So2097RBso
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[JUSTICE ALITO]2099LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
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[MR. CHAITEN]2125LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
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[JUSTICE KAGAN]2189LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
...2190:...
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Mr2193NPMr
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[MR. CHAITEN]2200LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
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[JUSTICE KAGAN]2206LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
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based2224VVNbase
on2225INon
this2226DTthis
original2227JJoriginal
understanding2228NNunderstanding
,2229,,
and2230CCand
the2231DTthe
original2232JJoriginal
understanding2233NNunderstanding
,2234,,
as2235INas
you2236PPyou
put2237VVPput
it2238PPit
,2239,,
applies2240VVZapply
between2241INbetween
foreign2242JJforeign
countries2243NNScountry
,2244,,
and2245CCand
,2246,,
a2247DTa
fortiori2248NNfortiori
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it2250PPit
must2251MDmust
be2252VBbe
that2253IN/thatthat
our2254PP$our
decision2255NNdecision
would2256MDwould
apply2257VVapply
between2258INbetween
foreign2259JJforeign
countries2260NNScountry
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[MR. CHAITEN]2262LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
The2263NPThe
...2264:...
the2265DTthe
original2266JJoriginal
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is2268VBZbe
it2269PPit
would2270MDwould
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[JUSTICE KAGAN]2272LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
And2273CCand
that2274DTthat
's2275VBZbe
what2276WPwhat
...2277:...
[MR. CHAITEN]2278LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
In2279INin
Murphy2280NPMurphy
v2281NNv
.2282SENT.
Waterfront2283NNwaterfront
Commission2284NPCommission
...2285:...
[JUSTICE KAGAN]2286LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
That's2287NPThat's
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's2290VBZbe
...2291:...
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's2293VBZbe
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.2300SENT.
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to2308TOto
say2309VVsay
,2310,,
that2311IN/thatthat
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that2316IN/thatthat
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double2321JJdouble
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bar2323NNbar
between2324INbetween
different2325JJdifferent
sovereigns2326NNSsovereign
when2327WRBwhen
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sovereigns2329NNSsovereign
are2330VBPbe
foreign2331JJforeign
countries2332NNScountry
.2333SENT.
So2334RBso
how2335WRBhow
could2336MDcould
we2337PPwe
avoid2338VVavoid
that2339DTthat
consequence2340NNconsequence
?2341SENT?
[MR. CHAITEN]2342LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
Well2343UHWell
,2344,,
first2345JJfirst
of2346INof
all2347DTall
,2348,,
I2349PPI
'm2350VBPbe
not2351RBnot
sure2352JJsure
the2353DTthe
case2354NNcase
is2355VBZbe
ever2356RBever
going2357VVGgo
to2358TOto
arise2359VVarise
,2360,,
but2361CCbut
...2362:...
and2363CCand
this2364DTthis
is2365VBZbe
State2366NNstate
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Alabama2368NPAlabama
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federal2370JJfederal
government2371NNgovernment
and2372CCand
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concurrent2375JJconcurrent
jurisdiction2376NNjurisdiction
.2377SENT.
The2378DTthe
rule2379NNrule
is2380VBZbe
a2381DTa
rule2382NNrule
of2383INof
concurrent2384JJconcurrent
jurisdiction2385NNjurisdiction
.2386SENT.
So2387RBso
it2388PPit
's2389VBZbe
when2390WRBwhen
is2391VBZbe
the2392DTthe
U2393NPU
.2394SENT.
S2395NPS
.2396SENT.
going2397VVGgo
to2398TOto
recognize2399VVrecognize
the2400DTthe
current2401JJcurrent
...2402:...
concurrent2403JJconcurrent
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another2406DTanother
country2407NNcountry
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again2411RBagain
,2412,,
I2413PPI
want2414VVPwant
...2415:...
just2416RBjust
wanted2417VVDwant
to2418TOto
say2419VVsay
that2420DTthat
Murphy2421NPMurphy
v2422NNv
.2423SENT.
Waterfront2424NNwaterfront
Commission2425NPCommission
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a2427DTa
case2428NNcase
where2429WRBwhere
the2430DTthe
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held2432VVDhold
that2433IN/thatthat
the2434DTthe
self-incrimination2435NNself-incrimination
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cross-jurisdictionally2438RBcross-jurisdictionally
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The2440DTthe
Court2441NPCourt
subsequently2442RBsubsequently
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to2445TOto
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bound2447VVNbind
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the2449DTthe
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.2453SENT.
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a2457DTa
principled2458JJprincipled
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this2462DTthis
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Court2465NPCourt
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gets2467VVZget
such2468PDTsuch
a2469DTa
case2470NNcase
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to2473TOto
do2474VVdo
that2475DTthat
.2476SENT.
And2477CCand
I2478PPI
would2479MDwould
like2480VVlike
to2481TOto
emphasize2482VVemphasize
that2483WDTthat
is2484VBZbe
...2485:...
it2486PPit
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be2488VBbe
...2489:...
no2490RBno
one2491CDone
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going2510VVGgo
to2511TOto
be2512VBbe
disrupted2513VVNdisrupt
by2514INby
our2515PP$our
rule2516NNrule
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even2518RBeven
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Court2521NPCourt
were2522VBDbe
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it2526PPit
's2527VBZbe
...2528:...
it2529PPit
would2530MDwould
also2531RBalso
apply2532VVapply
between2533INbetween
foreign2534JJforeign
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.2536SENT.
[JUSTICE KAGAN]2537LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
Well2538UHWell
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can2540MDcan
I2541PPI
ask2542VVask
you2543PPyou
a2544DTa
different2545JJdifferent
...2546:...
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]2547LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
We2548PPwe
've2549VHPhave
been2550VBNbe
through2551INthrough
...2552:...
we2553PPwe
've2554VHPhave
been2555VBNbe
through2556INthrough
all2557PDTall
this2558DTthis
in2559INin
Bartkus2560NPBartkus
,2561,,
right2562RBright
?2563SENT?
[MR. CHAITEN]2564LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
I2565PPI
do2566VVPdo
n't2567RBn't
think2568VVthink
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Court2570NPCourt
has2571VHZhave
been2572VBNbe
...2573:...
ever2574RBever
given2575VVNgive
this2576DTthis
question2577NNquestion
a2578DTa
full2579JJfull
and2580CCand
fair2581JJfair
opportunity2582NNopportunity
,2583,,
certainly2584RBcertainly
post-incorporation2585NNpost-incorporation
,2586,,
and2587CCand
it2588PPit
's2589VBZbe
important2590JJimportant
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understand2592VVunderstand
how2593WRBhow
the2594DTthe
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this2597DTthis
Court2598NPCourt
arose2599VVDarise
.2600SENT.
There2601EXthere
was2602VBDbe
,2603,,
of2604INof
course2605NNcourse
,2606,,
a2607DTa
suggestion2608NNsuggestion
in2609INin
Fox2610NPFox
v2611NNv
.2612SENT.
Ohio2613NPOhio
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18472615CD@card@
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might2618MDmight
be2619VBbe
a2620DTa
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exception2623NNexception
.2624SENT.
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was2626VBDbe
based2627VVNbase
on2628INon
a2629DTa
non-incorporation2630NNnon-incorporation
rationale2631NNrationale
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but2633CCbut
no2634DTno
one2635CDone
actually2636RBactually
...2637:...
it2638PPit
's2639POS's
dicta2640NNdicta
.2641SENT.
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's2643VBZbe
the2644DTthe
purest2645JJSpure
dicta2646NNdicta
,2647,,
because2648INbecause
there2649EXthere
were2650VBDbe
no2651DTno
intersovereign2652JJintersovereign
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prosecutions2654NNSprosecution
,2655,,
not2656RBnot
only2657RBonly
not2658RBnot
in2659INin
that2660DTthat
case2661NNcase
but2662CCbut
no2663DTno
practice2664NNpractice
of2665INof
them2666PPthem
.2667SENT.
The2668DTthe
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this2671DTthis
Court2672NPCourt
had2673VHDhave
a2674DTa
chance2675NNchance
to2676TOto
actually2677RBactually
hold2678VVhold
whether2679INwhether
that2680WDTthat
's2681VBZbe
permissible2682NNpermissible
was2683VBDbe
Lanza2684NPLanza
.2685SENT.
And2686CCand
I2687PPI
think2688VVPthink
it2689PPit
's2690VBZbe
worth2691JJworth
reading2692VVGread
the2693DTthe
respondent2694NNrespondent
's2695POS's
brief2696NNbrief
in2697INin
...2698:...
in2699INin
Lanza2700NPLanza
,2701,,
Lanza2702NPLanza
's2703POS's
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.2705SENT.
There2706EXthere
was2707VBDbe
no2708DTno
representation2709NNrepresentation
,2710,,
the2711DTthe
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're2714VBPbe
presenting2715VVGpresent
here2716RBhere
.2717SENT.
The2718DTthe
brief2719NNbrief
was2720VBDbe
incoherent2721JJincoherent
,2722,,
and2723CCand
the2724DTthe
Court2725NPCourt
said2726VVDsay
I2727PPI
think2728VVPthink
what2729WPwhat
counsel2730NNcounsel
is2731VBZbe
arguing2732VVGargue
is2733VBZbe
that2734IN/thatthat
the2735DTthe
separate2736JJseparate
sovereigns2737NNSsovereign
exception2738NNexception
does2739VVZdo
n't2740RBn't
apply2741VVapply
in2742INin
the2743DTthe
particular2744JJparticular
context2745NNcontext
of2746INof
the2747DTthe
Eighteenth2748JJeighteenth
Amendment2749NPAmendment
,2750,,
given2751VVNgive
the2752DTthe
concurrent2753JJconcurrent
powers2754NNSpower
of2755INof
the2756DTthe
states2757NNSstate
and2758CCand
the2759DTthe
federal2760JJfederal
government2761NNgovernment
.2762SENT.
But2763CCbut
the2764DTthe
...2765:...
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]2766LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
None2767NNnone
of2768INof
these2769DTthese
concerns2770NNSconcern
were2771VBDbe
presented2772VVNpresent
in2773INin
Bartkus2774NPBartkus
,2775,,
though2776RBthough
,2777,,
right2778RBright
?2779SENT?
[MR. CHAITEN]2780LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
Excuse2781NNexcuse
me2782PPme
?2783SENT?
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]2784LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
None2785NNnone
of2786INof
the2787DTthe
concerns2788NNSconcern
you2789PPyou
've2790VHPhave
been2791VBNbe
talking2792VVGtalk
about2793INabout
there2794EXthere
were2795VBDbe
presented2796VVNpresent
in2797INin
Bartkus2798NPBartkus
?2799SENT?
[MR. CHAITEN]2800LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
So2801RBso
...2802:...
so2803INso
I2804PPI
...2805:...
I2806PPI
'm2807VBPbe
just2808RBjust
...2809:...
I2810PPI
...2811:...
Bartkus2812NPBartkus
was2813VBDbe
decided2814VVNdecide
at2815INat
the2816DTthe
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as2819INas
Abbate2820NPAbbate
.2821SENT.
Abbate2822NPAbbate
is2823VBZbe
the2824DTthe
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that2826WDTthat
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this2828DTthis
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.2831SENT.
Abbate2832NPAbbate
remarkably2833RBremarkably
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adhere2840VVadhere
to2841TOto
Lanza2842NPLanza
because2843INbecause
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the2846DTthe
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that2848WDTthat
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presented2850VVNpresent
today2851NNtoday
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different2853JJdifferent
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what2855WPwhat
was2856VBDbe
presented2857VVNpresent
in2858INin
Lanza2859NPLanza
,2860,,
which2861WDTwhich
is2862VBZbe
a2863DTa
really2864RBreally
remarkable2865JJremarkable
statement2866NNstatement
.2867SENT.
And2868CCand
Abbate2869NPAbbate
is2870VBZbe
also2871RBalso
pre-incorporation2872NNpre-incorporation
.2873SENT.
Bartkus2874NPBartkus
obviously2875RBobviously
is2876VBZbe
a2877DTa
due2878JJdue
process2879NNprocess
case2880NNcase
under2881INunder
the2882DTthe
burden2883NNburden
of2884INof
Palko2885NPPalko
v2886NNv
.2887SENT.
Connecticut2888NPConnecticut
,2889,,
and2890CCand
the2891DTthe
...2892:...
the2893DTthe
evidence2894NNevidence
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was2900VBDbe
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in2904INin
Bartkus2905NPBartkus
.2906SENT.
The2907DTthe
Court2908NPCourt
in2909INin
...2910:...
[JUSTICE KAGAN]2911LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
Could2912MDcould
you2913PPyou
say2914VVsay
a2915DTa
little2916JJlittle
bit2917NNbit
more2918RBRmore
about2919RBabout
why2920WRBwhy
you2921PPyou
think2922VVPthink
incorporation2923NNincorporation
or2924CCor
the2925DTthe
lack2926NNlack
of2927INof
incorporation2928NNincorporation
had2929VHDhave
anything2930NNanything
to2931TOto
do2932VVdo
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question2935NNquestion
?2936SENT?
[MR. CHAITEN]2937LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
Yeah2938NPYeah
,2939,,
so2940INso
I2941PPI
...2942:...
I2943PPI
...2944:...
Fox2945NPFox
v2946NNv
.2947SENT.
Ohio2948NPOhio
,2949,,
it2950PPit
...2951:...
its2952PP$its
lead2953JJlead
rationale2954NNrationale
is2955VBZbe
non-incorporation2956NNnon-incorporation
.2957SENT.
And2958CCand
,2959,,
I2960PPI
mean2961VVPmean
,2962,,
I2963PPI
think2964VVPthink
it2965PPit
's2966VBZbe
wrong2967JJwrong
,2968,,
but2969CCbut
it2970PPit
clearly2971RBclearly
said2972VVDsay
that2973IN/thatthat
and2974CCand
then2975RBthen
Lanza2976NPLanza
picked2977VVDpick
it2978PPit
up2979RPup
and2980CCand
then2981RBthen
Abbate2982NPAbbate
picked2983VVDpick
it2984PPit
up2985RPup
.2986SENT.
And2987CCand
I2988PPI
think2989VVPthink
what2990WPwhat
the2991DTthe
Court2992NPCourt
...2993:...
[JUSTICE KAGAN]2994LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
I2995PPI
mean2996VVPmean
,2997,,
there2998EXthere
is2999VBZbe
that3000DTthat
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Fox3003NPFox
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but3005CCbut
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honestly3007RBhonestly
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no3009DTno
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that3011IN/thatthat
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be3014VBbe
the3015DTthe
basis3016NNbasis
of3017INof
the3018DTthe
doctrine3019NNdoctrine
,3020,,
because3021RBbecause
,3022,,
if3023INif
incorporation3024NNincorporation
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the3026DTthe
basis3027NNbasis
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the3029DTthe
doctrine3030NNdoctrine
,3031,,
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would3033MDwould
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a3035DTa
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that3037WDTthat
only3038RBonly
cuts3039VVZcut
one3040CDone
way3041NNway
.3042SENT.
In3043INin
other3044JJother
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it3047PPit
would3048MDwould
...3049:...
it3050PPit
would3051MDwould
...3052:...
the3053DTthe
Court3054NPCourt
would3055MDwould
have3056VHhave
held3057VVNhold
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the3059DTthe
federal3060JJfederal
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can3062MDcan
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an3065DTan
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offense3070NNoffense
after3071INafter
a3072DTa
state3073NNstate
prosecution3074NNprosecution
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not3077RBnot
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.3082SENT.
So3083INso
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a3090DTa
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that3094IN/thatthat
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fact3097NNfact
,3098,,
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a3101DTa
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[MR. CHAITEN]3116LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
Well3117UHwell
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think3130VVPthink
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was3134VBDbe
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federal3149JJfederal
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the3159DTthe
federal3160JJfederal
government3161NNgovernment
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what3165WPwhat
this3166DTthis
Court3167NPCourt
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getting3169VVGget
at3170INat
.3171SENT.
That3172DTthat
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what3174WPwhat
was3175VBDbe
picked3176VVNpick
up3177RPup
in3178INin
Abbate3179NPAbbate
and3180CCand
Lanza3181NPLanza
,3182,,
and3183CCand
that3184DTthat
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what3186WPwhat
's3187VBZbe
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So3192RBso
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a3194DTa
...3195:...
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I3200PPI
...3201:...
I3202PPI
do3203VVPdo
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that3219WDTthat
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:3222::
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which3224WDTwhich
government3225NNgovernment
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and3230CCand
what3231WPwhat
prior3232JJprior
offenses3233NNSoffense
count3234VVPcount
for3235INfor
double3236JJdouble
jeopardy3237NNjeopardy
purposes3238NNSpurpose
.3239SENT.
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the3242DTthe
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interesting3247JJinteresting
,3248,,
I3249PPI
do3250VVPdo
n't3251RBn't
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the3254DTthe
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defending3257VVGdefend
that3258DTthat
rationale3259NNrationale
.3260SENT.
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...3262:...
they3263PPthey
...3264:...
they3265PPthey
completely3266RBcompletely
ignore3267VVPignore
the3268DTthe
non-incorporation3269NNnon-incorporation
rationale3270NNrationale
.3271SENT.
[JUSTICE KAGAN]3272LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
I3273PPI
...3274:...
I3275PPI
guess3276VVPguess
what3277WPwhat
strikes3278VVZstrike
me3279PPme
,3280,,
Mr3281NPMr
.3282SENT.
Chaiten3283NPChaiten
,3284,,
is3285VBZbe
that3286IN/thatthat
you3287PPyou
can3288MDcan
say3289VVsay
,3290,,
well3291UHwell
,3292,,
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,3295,,
this3296DTthis
case3297NNcase
was3298VBDbe
a3299DTa
little3300JJlittle
bit3301NNbit
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.3303SENT.
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case3306NNcase
,3307,,
the3308DTthe
arguments3309NNSargument
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n't3311RBn't
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presented3313VVNpresent
.3314SENT.
In3315INin
this3316DTthis
case3317NNcase
,3318,,
there3319EXthere
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something3321NNsomething
else3322NNelse
that3323WDTthat
's3324VBZbe
the3325DTthe
matter3326NNmatter
.3327SENT.
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,3329,,
you3330PPyou
know3331VVPknow
,3332,,
this3333DTthis
is3334VBZbe
an3335DTan
170-year-old3336JJ170-year-old
rule3337NNrule
,3338,,
and3339CCand
it3340PPit
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an3342DTan
170-year-old3343JJ170-year-old
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...3372:...
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this3375DTthis
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.3377SENT.
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,3379,,
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know3381VVPknow
,3382,,
part3383NNpart
of3384INof
what3385WPwhat
stare3386VVPstare
decisis3387NNdecisis
is3388VBZbe
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a3391DTa
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could3418MDcould
kind3419RBkind
of3420INof
do3421VVdo
it3422PPit
better3423JJRgood
.3424SENT.
[MR. CHAITEN]3425LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
Well3426UHwell
,3427,,
I3428PPI
mean3429VVPmean
,3430,,
I3431PPI
disagree3432VVPdisagree
with3433INwith
the3434DTthe
1703435CD@card@
years3436NNSyear
because3437RBbecause
,3438,,
again3439RBagain
,3440,,
it3441PPit
's3442VBZbe
...3443:...
it3444PPit
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dicta3446NNdicta
in3447INin
dicta3448NNdicta
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v3451NNv
.3452SENT.
Ohio3453NPOhio
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I3456PPI
think3457VVPthink
it3458PPit
is3459VBZbe
important3460JJimportant
to3461TOto
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opportunity3472NNopportunity
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decide3474VVdecide
this3475DTthis
and3476CCand
make3477VVmake
a3478DTa
holding3479NNholding
on3480INon
it3481PPit
,3482,,
and3483CCand
that3484DTthat
is3485VBZbe
Lanza3486NPLanza
.3487SENT.
And3488CCand
it3489PPit
...3490:...
there3491EXthere
's3492VBZbe
...3493:...
nothing3494NNnothing
resembling3495VVGresemble
an3496DTan
argument3497NNargument
for3498INfor
the3499DTthe
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the3502DTthe
Double3503NPDouble
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was3506VBDbe
presented3507VVNpresent
in3508INin
Lanza3509NPLanza
.3510SENT.
That3511DTthat
was3512VBDbe
picked3513VVNpick
up3514RPup
in3515INin
Abbate3516NPAbbate
.3517SENT.
And3518CCand
all3519PDTall
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cases3521NNScase
are3522VBPbe
pre-incorporation3523NNpre-incorporation
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The3525DTthe
Court3526NPCourt
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repeatedly3529RBrepeatedly
that3530IN/thatthat
jurisprudential3531JJjurisprudential
changes3532NNSchange
are3533VBPbe
a3534DTa
reason3535NNreason
to3536TOto
revisit3537VVrevisit
a3538DTa
doctrine3539NNdoctrine
and3540CCand
incorporate3541VVincorporate
...3542:...
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]3543LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
But3544CCbut
why3545WRBwhy
is3546VBZbe
the3547DTthe
doctrine3548NNdoctrine
wrong3549JJwrong
?3550SENT?
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...3552:...
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the3554DTthe
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a3569DTa
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the3575DTthe
time3576NNtime
,3577,,
there3578EXthere
were3579VBDbe
not3580RBnot
separate3581JJseparate
sovereigns3582NNSsovereign
,3583,,
there3584EXthere
was3585VBDbe
one3586CDone
sovereign3587NNsovereign
,3588,,
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.3590SENT.
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one3592CDone
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the3594DTthe
cases3595NNScase
you3596PPyou
rely3597VVPrely
on3598INon
involved3599JJinvolved
Wales3600NPWales
,3601,,
and3602CCand
so3603RBso
the3604DTthe
application3605NNapplication
of3606INof
the3607DTthe
rule3608NNrule
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makes3610VVZmake
absolute3611JJabsolute
sense3612NNsense
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that3614DTthat
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all3621DTall
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a3627DTa
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theory3629NNtheory
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...3631:...
of3632INof
...3633:...
of3634INof
what3635WPwhat
the3636DTthe
sovereignty3637NNsovereignty
between3638INbetween
the3639DTthe
states3640NNSstate
and3641CCand
the3642DTthe
...3643:...
and3644CCand
the3645DTthe
federal3646JJfederal
government3647NNgovernment
are3648VBPbe
.3649SENT.
And3650CCand
you3651PPyou
have3652VHPhave
n't3653RBn't
really3654RBreally
explained3655VVNexplain
why3656WRBwhy
that3657DTthat
logic3658NNlogic
is3659VBZbe
not3660RBnot
sensical3661JJsensical
.3662SENT.
[MR. CHAITEN]3663LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
Well3664UHWell
,3665,,
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...3667:...
the3668DTthe
logic3669NNlogic
of3670INof
the3671DTthe
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rule3673NNrule
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as3675RBas
reported3676VVNreport
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the3681DTthe
early3682JJearly
18th3683JJ18th
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through3685INthrough
the3686DTthe
20th3687JJ20th
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,3689,,
it3690PPit
's3691VBZbe
still3692RBstill
the3693DTthe
rule3694NNrule
today3695NNtoday
,3696,,
is3697VBZbe
that3698IN/thatthat
,3699,,
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there3701EXthere
's3702VBZbe
a3703DTa
court3704NNcourt
of3705INof
concurrent3706JJconcurrent
jurisdiction3707NNjurisdiction
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even3709RBeven
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a3713DTa
...3714:...
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has3718VHZhave
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jurisdiction3720NNjurisdiction
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then3722RBthen
an3723DTan
acquittal3724NNacquittal
there3725RBthere
bars3726VVZbar
a3727DTa
subsequent3728JJsubsequent
prosecution3729NNprosecution
.3730SENT.
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]3731LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
Do3732VVPdo
you3733PPyou
have3734VHPhave
...3735:...
[MR. CHAITEN]3736LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
And3737CCand
the3738DTthe
logic3739NNlogic
for3740INfor
...3741:...
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]3742LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
...3743:...
do3744VVPdo
you3745PPyou
have3746VHPhave
any3747DTany
current3748JJcurrent
case3749NNcase
that3750WDTthat
describes3751VVZdescribe
the3752DTthe
English3753JJEnglish
rule3754NNrule
that3755DTthat
way3756NNway
?3757SENT?
[MR. CHAITEN]3758LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
Current3759JJcurrent
case3760NNcase
?3761SENT?
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]3762LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
A3763DTa
current3764JJcurrent
case3765NNcase
,3766,,
something3767NNsomething
...3768:...
[MR. CHAITEN]3769LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
So3770INso
I3771PPI
...3772:...
I3773PPI
refer3774VVPrefer
the3775DTthe
Court3776NPCourt
to3777TOto
two3778CDtwo
things3779NNSthing
.3780SENT.
One3781CDOne
,3782,,
the3783DTthe
famous3784JJfamous
Professor3785NPProfessor
Grant3786NPGrant
article3787NNarticle
,3788,,
Successive3789JJsuccessive
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tracks3792VVZtrack
the3793DTthe
law3794NNlaw
of3795INof
England3796NPEngland
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the3798DTthe
British3799JJBritish
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...3802:...
through3803INthrough
the3804DTthe
...3805:...
into3806INinto
the3807DTthe
latter3808JJlatter
half3809NNhalf
of3810INof
the3811DTthe
20th3812JJ20th
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.3814SENT.
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a3817DTa
case3818NNcase
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19853820CD@card@
,3821,,
Regina3822NPRegina
v3823NNv
.3824SENT.
Thomas3825NPThomas
,3826,,
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the3829DTthe
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describes3831VVZdescribe
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the3834DTthe
rule3835NNrule
.3836SENT.
It3837PPit
...3838:...
I3839PPI
...3840:...
I3841PPI
do3842VVPdo
n't3843RBn't
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the3845DTthe
idea3846NNidea
that3847IN/thatthat
it3848PPit
...3849:...
this3850DTthis
is3851VBZbe
not3852RBnot
the3853DTthe
English3854JJEnglish
rule3855NNrule
is3856VBZbe
a3857DTa
serious3858JJserious
argument3859NNargument
.3860SENT.
I3861PPI
...3862:...
I3863PPI
...3864:...
[JUSTICE GINSBURG]3865LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
Do3866VVPdo
you3867PPyou
know3868VVknow
how3869WRBhow
the3870DTthe
...3871:...
this3872DTthis
rule3873NNrule
applies3874VVZapply
within3875INwithin
the3876DTthe
European3877NPEuropean
Union3878NPUnion
?3879SENT?
[MR. CHAITEN]3880LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
It3881PPit
...3882:...
it3883PPit
applies3884VVZapply
the3885DTthe
same3886JJsame
way3887NNway
that3888IN/thatthat
we3889PPwe
are3890VBPbe
urging3891VVGurge
here3892RBhere
.3893SENT.
[JUSTICE BREYER]3894LOC[JUSTICE BREYER]
What3895WDTwhat
...3896:...
[MR. CHAITEN]3897LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
That3898DTthat
is3899VBZbe
my3900PP$my
understanding3901NNunderstanding
.3902SENT.
[JUSTICE BREYER]3903LOC[JUSTICE BREYER]
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question3905NNquestion
,3906,,
I3907PPI
thought3908VVDthink
,3909,,
perhaps3910RBperhaps
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Kagan3912NPKagan
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asking3920VVGask
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as3922INas
I3923PPI
understand3924VVPunderstand
it3925PPit
...3926:...
in3927INin
any3928DTany
case3929NNcase
,3930,,
I3931PPI
'm3932VBPbe
asking3933VVGask
it3934PPit
...3935:...
I3936PPI
...3937:...
I3938PPI
...3939:...
I3940PPI
have3941VHPhave
spent3942VVNspend
a3943DTa
certain3944JJcertain
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time3947NNtime
in3948INin
these3949DTthese
old3950JJold
cases3951NNScase
.3952SENT.
I3953PPI
think3954VVPthink
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this3958DTthis
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three3963CDthree
with3964INwith
you3965PPyou
,3966,,
three3967CDthree
against3968INagainst
you3969PPyou
,3970,,
two3971CDtwo
undecided3972JJundecided
.3973SENT.
I3974PPI
do3975VVPdo
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it3978PPit
quite3979RBquite
as3980RBas
clear3981JJclear
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but3983CCbut
I3984PPI
'll3985MDwill
go3986VVgo
back3987RBback
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opening4023VVGopen
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,4027,,
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,4029,,
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victims4054NNSvictim
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a4056DTa
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race4058NNrace
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simply4060RBsimply
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the4067DTthe
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just4070RBjust
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ah4072NPah
,4073,,
do4074VVPdo
n't4075RBn't
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,4077,,
they4078PPthey
'll4079MDwill
never4080RBnever
convict4081VVconvict
,4082,,
and4083CCand
they4084PPthey
did4085VVDdo
n't4086RBn't
.4087SENT.
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the4091DTthe
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the4095DTthe
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is4152VBZbe
it4153PPit
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,4180,,
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a4183DTa
whole4184JJwhole
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cases4187NNScase
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prosecuted4191VVNprosecute
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was4198VBDbe
the4199DTthe
same4200JJsame
thing4201NNthing
.4202SENT.
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I4204PPI
did4205VVDdo
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any4212DTany
brief4213NNbrief
but4214CCbut
for4215INfor
the4216DTthe
military4217NNmilitary
.4218SENT.
And4219CCand
...4220:...
and4221CCand
,4222,,
therefore4223RBtherefore
,4224,,
to4225TOto
me4226PPme
,4227,,
that4228WDTthat
's4229VBZbe
an4230DTan
important4231JJimportant
question4232NNquestion
.4233SENT.
[MR. CHAITEN]4234LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
Well4235UHwell
...4236:...
well4237UHwell
,4238,,
we4239PPwe
can4240MDcan
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know4242VVPknow
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sure4244RBsure
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many4246JJmany
successive4247JJsuccessive
prosecutions4248NNSprosecution
there4249EXthere
are4250VBPbe
...4251:...
[JUSTICE BREYER]4252LOC[JUSTICE BREYER]
Of4253INof
course4254NNcourse
.4255SENT.
[MR. CHAITEN]4256LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
...4257:...
because4258INbecause
the4259DTthe
federal4260JJfederal
government4261NNgovernment
and4262CCand
the4263DTthe
state4264NNstate
...4265:...
[JUSTICE BREYER]4266LOC[JUSTICE BREYER]
I4267PPI
do4268VVPdo
n't4269RBn't
expect4270VVexpect
you4271PPyou
to4272TOto
know4273VVknow
for4274INfor
sure4275JJsure
.4276SENT.
[MR. CHAITEN]4277LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
Well4278UHWell
,4279,,
and4280CCand
I4281PPI
...4282:...
and4283CCand
I4284PPI
...4285:...
well4286UHwell
,4287,,
I4288PPI
...4289:...
and4290CCand
I4291PPI
want4292VVPwant
to4293TOto
say4294VVsay
the4295DTthe
reason4296NNreason
I4297PPI
'm4298VBPbe
saying4299VVGsay
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do4301VVPdo
n't4302RBn't
...4303:...
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[JUSTICE ALITO]5363LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
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[MR. CHAITEN]5455LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
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[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]5475LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
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?5478SENT?
[MR. CHAITEN]5479LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
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[JUSTICE ALITO]5602LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
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[MR. CHAITEN]5631LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
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[JUSTICE ALITO]5646LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
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[MR. CHAITEN]5654LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
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[JUSTICE ALITO]5670LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
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[MR. CHAITEN]5836LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
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[MR. CHAITEN]5894LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
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[MR. CHAITEN]5965LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
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[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]7323LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
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?7450SENT?
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...7469:...
and7470CCand
,7471,,
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clear7477VVclear
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?7484SENT?
[MR. CHAITEN]7485LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
Yeah7486NPYeah
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...7490:...
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...7523:...
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]7524LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
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it7588PPit
?7589SENT?
[MR. CHAITEN]7590LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
So7591RBso
...7592:...
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]7593LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
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be7599VBbe
...7600:...
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I7609PPI
...7610:...
I7611PPI
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the7613DTthe
term7614NNterm
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wrong7616JJwrong
.7617SENT.
[MR. CHAITEN]7618LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
Well7619UHWell
,7620,,
I7621PPI
...7622:...
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I7624PPI
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,7666,,
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.7727SENT.
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]7728LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
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I7730PPI
guess7731VVPguess
,7732,,
counsel7733NNcounsel
...7734:...
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]7735LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
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?7793SENT?
[MR. CHAITEN]7794LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
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one7832CDone
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...7839:...
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]7840LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
Well7841UHWell
,7842,,
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was7845VBDbe
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...7849:...
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[MR. CHAITEN]7884LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
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[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]8053LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
Thank8054VVthank
you8055PPyou
,8056,,
counsel8057NNcounsel
.8058SENT.
Mr8059NPMr
.8060SENT.
Feigin8061NPFeigin
?8062SENT?
[MR. FEIGIN]8063LOC[MR. FEIGIN]
Thank8064VVthank
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[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]8162LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
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[JUSTICE GINSBURG]8370LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
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[MR. FEIGIN]8403LOC[MR. FEIGIN]
Your8404PP$your
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advocating8481VVGadvocate
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then8484RBthen
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a8486DTa
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that8490WDTthat
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that8497DTthat
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have8511VHhave
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...8514:...
[JUSTICE GINSBURG]8515LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
I8516PPI
thought8517VVDthink
the8518DTthe
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to8520TOto
the8521DTthe
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rights8523NNSright
cases8524NNScase
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the8529DTthe
same8530JJsame
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and8534CCand
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.8536SENT.
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are8538VBPbe
no8539DTno
state8540NNstate
law8541NNlaw
counterparts8542NNScounterpart
to8543TOto
those8544DTthose
.8545SENT.
[MR. FEIGIN]8546LOC[MR. FEIGIN]
Your8547PP$your
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n't8552RBn't
the8553DTthe
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civil8555JJcivil
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Pittsburgh8575NPPittsburgh
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the8578DTthe
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Charleston8582NPCharleston
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...8591:...
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mean8593VVPmean
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the8599DTthe
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elements8615NNSelement
.8616SENT.
And8617CCand
those8618DTthose
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be8620VBbe
Block8621NPBlock
...8622:...
[JUSTICE GINSBURG]8623LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
Well8624UHWell
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once8627RBonce
you8628PPyou
say8629VVPsay
...8630:...
[MR. FEIGIN]8631LOC[MR. FEIGIN]
...8632:...
could8633MDcould
be8634VBbe
Blockburger8635NPBlockburger
barred8636VVNbar
.8637SENT.
[JUSTICE GINSBURG]8638LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
...8639:...
once8640RBonce
...8641:...
once8642RBonce
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say8644VVPsay
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elements8649NNSelement
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Blockburger8656NPBlockburger
.8657SENT.
[MR. FEIGIN]8658LOC[MR. FEIGIN]
No8659NPNo
,8660,,
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murder8664NNmurder
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be8666VBbe
a8667DTa
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considered8685VVNconsider
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...8726:...
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enforcement8758NNenforcement
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for8760INfor
legislatures8761NNSlegislature
,8762,,
and8763CCand
for8764INfor
courts8765NNScourt
.8766SENT.
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]8767LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
Well8768UHwell
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you8770PPyou
had8771VHDhave
...8772:...
you8773PPyou
must8774MDmust
think8775VVthink
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's8778VBZbe
some8779DTsome
problem8780NNproblem
or8781CCor
you8782PPyou
would8783MDwould
n't8784RBn't
have8785VHhave
the8786DTthe
Petite8787NPPetite
policy8788NNpolicy
.8789SENT.
I8790PPI
mean8791VVPmean
,8792,,
that8793WDTthat
's8794VBZbe
...8795:...
that8796WDTthat
's8797VBZbe
an8798DTan
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defense8800NNdefense
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a8802DTa
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a8805DTa
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a8807DTa
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say8810VVsay
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well8812UHwell
,8813,,
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take8815VVPtake
care8816NNcare
of8817INof
it8818PPit
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so8822RBso
do8823VVPdo
n't8824RBn't
worry8825VVworry
about8826INabout
it8827PPit
.8828SENT.
[MR. FEIGIN]8829LOC[MR. FEIGIN]
Well8830UHWell
,8831,,
no8832UHno
,8833,,
Your8834PP$your
Honor8835NPHonor
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I8837PPI
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are8840VBPbe
a8841DTa
number8842NNnumber
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instances8844NNSinstance
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problem8871NNproblem
that8872WDTthat
may8873MDmay
arise8874VVarise
,8875,,
and8876CCand
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leave8878VVPleave
those8879DTthose
...8880:...
a8881DTa
lot8882NNlot
of8883INof
those8884DTthose
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legislatures8887NNSlegislature
or8888CCor
for8889INfor
the8890DTthe
political8891JJpolitical
branches8892NNSbranch
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general8894NNgeneral
.8895SENT.
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I8897PPI
think8898VVPthink
this8899DTthis
has8900VHZhave
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a8903DTa
real8904JJreal
success8905NNsuccess
story8906NNstory
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and8924CCand
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.8928SENT.
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can8931MDcan
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lot8935NNlot
of8936INof
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cooperation8970NNcooperation
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encourage8972VVPencourage
aggressive8973JJaggressive
prosecutions8974NNSprosecution
,8975,,
a8976DTa
race8977NNrace
to8978TOto
the8979DTthe
courthouse8980NNcourthouse
,8981,,
and8982CCand
defendants8983NNSdefendant
trying8984VVGtry
to8985TOto
play8986VVplay
each8987DTeach
sovereign8988JJsovereign
off8989RPoff
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the8991DTthe
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have8997VHhave
the8998DTthe
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a9029DTa
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it9061PPit
's9062VBZbe
going9063VVGgo
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incentivize9066VVincentivize
...9067:...
[JUSTICE GINSBURG]9068LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
What9069WPWhat
about9070INabout
a9071DTa
case9072NNcase
like9073INlike
this9074DTthis
,9075,,
this9076DTthis
very9077JJvery
case9078NNcase
,9079,,
a9080DTa
felon9081NNfelon
in9082INin
possession9083NNpossession
?9084SENT?
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's9086VBZbe
the9087DTthe
same9088JJsame
crime9089NNcrime
,9090,,
federal9091JJfederal
and9092CCand
state9093NNstate
.9094SENT.
What9095WPWhat
is9096VBZbe
the9097DTthe
manipulation9098NNmanipulation
that9099IN/thatthat
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see9101VVPsee
there9102RBthere
?9103SENT?
[MR. FEIGIN]9104LOC[MR. FEIGIN]
Well9105UHWell
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...9111:...
the9112DTthe
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I9114PPI
would9115MDwould
get9116VVget
into9117INinto
,9118,,
and9119CCand
I9120PPI
'm9121VBPbe
happy9122JJhappy
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get9124VVget
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them9126PPthem
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which9133WDTwhich
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the9199DTthe
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an9217DTan
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the9222DTthe
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a9230DTa
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not9234RBnot
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time9238NNtime
in9239INin
prison9240NNprison
for9241INfor
the9242DTthe
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[JUSTICE GORSUCH]9246LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
Well9247UHWell
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I9250PPI
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that9252WDTthat
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the9280DTthe
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for9303INfor
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Bartkus9333NPBartkus
.9334SENT.
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[MR. FEIGIN]9375LOC[MR. FEIGIN]
Well9376UHWell
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which9420WDTwhich
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.9428SENT.
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I9430PPI
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,9432,,
to9433TOto
the9434DTthe
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that9436WDTthat
...9437:...
that9438IN/thatthat
there9439EXthere
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a9441DTa
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so9450RBso
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policy9501NNpolicy
,9502,,
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[JUSTICE GORSUCH]10128LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
Well10129UHWell
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[MR. FEIGIN]10134LOC[MR. FEIGIN]
...10135:...
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[JUSTICE GORSUCH]10139LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
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[MR. FEIGIN]10223LOC[MR. FEIGIN]
Well10224UHWell
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...10301:...
[JUSTICE GINSBURG]10302LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
Well10303UHWell
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[MR. FEIGIN]10325LOC[MR. FEIGIN]
Well10326UHWell
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[MR. FEIGIN]10464LOC[MR. FEIGIN]
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[JUSTICE GINSBURG]10467LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
...10468:...
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.10479SENT.
[MR. FEIGIN]10480LOC[MR. FEIGIN]
So10481RBso
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.10559SENT.
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...10577:...
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all10598RBall
have10599VHPhave
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rule10601NNrule
.10602SENT.
Germany10603NPGermany
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Italy10605NPItaly
,10606,,
France10607NPFrance
,10608,,
Belgium10609NPBelgium
,10610,,
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all10614DTall
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do10622VVPdo
.10623SENT.
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200910625CD@card@
,10626,,
French10627NPFrench
...10628:...
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]10629LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
But10630CCbut
...10631:...
but10632RBbut
...10633:...
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I10636PPI
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...10639:...
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Canada10655NPCanada
,10656,,
do10657VVPdo
?10658SENT?
[MR. FEIGIN]10659LOC[MR. FEIGIN]
Not10660RBnot
all10661RBall
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them10663PPthem
,10664,,
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Honor10666NPHonor
.10667SENT.
Great10668NPGreat
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probably10679RBprobably
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my10690PP$my
friend10691NNfriend
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.10693SENT.
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become10696VVNbecome
apparent10697JJapparent
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adhere10702VVadhere
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that10704DTthat
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,10706,,
although10707INalthough
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in10709INin
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against10711INagainst
Thomas10712NPThomas
,10713,,
the10714DTthe
prosecution10715NNprosecution
,10716,,
I10717PPI
believe10718VVPbelieve
,10719,,
was10720VBDbe
allowed10721VVNallow
to10722TOto
proceed10723VVproceed
for10724INfor
other10725JJother
reasons10726NNSreason
.10727SENT.
Canada10728NPCanada
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Supreme10730NPSupreme
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some10743DTsome
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a10762DTa
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.10764SENT.
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...10771:...
let10772VVlet
...10773:...
let10774VVlet
's10775VBZbe
just10776RBjust
turn10777VVturn
to10778TOto
domestic10779JJdomestic
...10780:...
[JUSTICE GINSBURG]10781LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
May10782MDmay
I10783PPI
ask10784VVask
,10785,,
before10786INbefore
you10787PPyou
do10788VVPdo
that10789IN/thatthat
,10790,,
you10791PPyou
...10792:...
you10793PPyou
rely10794VVPrely
very10795RBvery
heavily10796RBheavily
on10797INon
federalism10798NNfederalism
,10799,,
separate10800JJseparate
sovereigns10801NNSsovereign
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case10806NNcase
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strengthen10813VVstrengthen
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government10817NNgovernment
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state10819NNstate
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/10821SYM/
or10822CCor
federal10823JJfederal
,10824,,
vis-a-vis10825INvis-a-vis
an10826DTan
individual10827NNindividual
?10828SENT?
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invoked10832VVNinvoke
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it10834PPit
's10835VBZbe
a10836DTa
protection10837NNprotection
of10838INof
the10839DTthe
liberty10840NNliberty
of10841INof
the10842DTthe
individual10843NNindividual
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but10845CCbut
,10846,,
here10847RBhere
,10848,,
the10849DTthe
party10850NNparty
being10851VBGbe
strengthened10852VVNstrengthen
is10853VBZbe
not10854RBnot
the10855DTthe
individual10856NNindividual
,10857,,
it10858PPit
is10859VBZbe
the10860DTthe
state10861NNstate
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freedom10863NNfreedom
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the10865DTthe
federal10866JJfederal
government10867NNgovernment
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bring10871VVbring
...10872:...
to10873TOto
prosecute10874VVprosecute
with10875INwith
the10876DTthe
same10877JJsame
offense10878NNoffense
,10879,,
felon10880NNfelon
in10881INin
possession10882NNpossession
.10883SENT.
[MR. FEIGIN]10884LOC[MR. FEIGIN]
So10885INso
I10886PPI
think10887VVPthink
the10888DTthe
Court10889NPCourt
's10890VBZbe
recognized10891VVNrecognize
in10892INin
older10893JJRold
cases10894NNScase
,10895,,
like10896INlike
Cruikshank10897NPCruikshank
,10898,,
which10899WDTwhich
was10900VBDbe
from10901INfrom
the10902DTthe
19th10903JJ19th
Century10904NNcentury
,10905,,
and10906CCand
in10907INin
its10908PP$its
recent10909JJrecent
first10910JJfirst
decision10911NNdecision
in10912INin
Bond10913NPBond
against10914INagainst
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one10918CDone
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the10920DTthe
things10921NNSthing
that10922IN/thatthat
American10923JJAmerican
citizens10924NNScitizen
get10925VVPget
by10926INby
being10927VBGbe
citizens10928NNScitizen
of10929INof
both10930CCboth
the10931DTthe
state10932NNstate
and10933CCand
the10934DTthe
United10935NPUnited
States10936NPSStates
is10937VBZbe
that10938IN/thatthat
there10939EXthere
are10940VBPbe
two10941CDtwo
sovereigns10942NNSsovereign
that10943WDTthat
can10944MDcan
positively10945RBpositively
legislate10946VVlegislate
;10947:;
that10948WDTthat
is10949VBZbe
,10950,,
pass10951VVpass
affirmative10952JJaffirmative
legislation10953NNlegislation
to10954TOto
protect10955VVprotect
them10956PPthem
.10957SENT.
So10958RBso
,10959,,
in10960INin
the10961DTthe
civil10962JJcivil
rights10963NNSright
era10964NNera
,10965,,
when10966WRBwhen
the10967DTthe
states10968NNSstate
were10969VBDbe
n't10970RBn't
affirmatively10971RBaffirmatively
protecting10972VVGprotect
the10973DTthe
civil10974JJcivil
rights10975NNSright
of10976INof
their10977PP$their
citizens10978NNScitizen
enough10979RBenough
,10980,,
they10981PPthey
're10982VBPbe
also10983RBalso
American10984JJAmerican
citizens10985NNScitizen
,10986,,
and10987CCand
the10988DTthe
United10989NPUnited
States10990NPSStates
stepped10991VVDstep
in10992INin
to10993TOto
vindicate10994VVvindicate
those10995DTthose
interests10996NNSinterest
.10997SENT.
[JUSTICE GINSBURG]10998LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
To10999NPTo
...11000:...
to11001TOto
...11002:...
to11003TOto
state11004VVstate
a11005DTa
different11006JJdifferent
crime11007NNcrime
,11008,,
not11009RBnot
the11010DTthe
garden-variety11011NNgarden-variety
assault11012NNassault
,11013,,
murder11014NNmurder
.11015SENT.
[MR. FEIGIN]11016LOC[MR. FEIGIN]
So11017RBso
,11018,,
Your11019PP$your
Honor11020NPHonor
,11021,,
there11022EXthere
are11023VBPbe
civil11024JJcivil
rights11025NNSright
offenses11026NNSoffense
on11027INon
the11028DTthe
books11029NNSbook
now11030RBnow
,11031,,
like11032INlike
1811033CD@card@
U11034NPU
.11035SENT.
S11036NPS
.11037SENT.
C11038LSc
.11039SENT.
24911040CD@card@
,11041,,
which11042WDTwhich
precludes11043VVZpreclude
...11044:...
criminalizes11045VVZcriminalize
causing11046VVGcause
bodily11047JJbodily
injury11048NNinjury
to11049TOto
someone11050NNsomeone
for11051INfor
racially11052RBracially
motivated11053VVNmotivate
reasons11054NNSreason
that11055WDTthat
could11056MDcould
be11057VBbe
double11058JJdouble
jeopardy11059NNjeopardy
barred11060VVNbar
under11061INunder
their11062PP$their
rule11063NNrule
.11064SENT.
But11065CCbut
let11066VVlet
me11067PPme
give11068VVgive
you11069PPyou
...11070:...
let11071VVlet
me11072PPme
give11073VVgive
you11074PPyou
some11075DTsome
other11076JJother
examples11077NNSexample
of11078INof
...11079:...
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]11080LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
But11081CCbut
,11082,,
counsel11083NNcounsel
,11084,,
just11085RBjust
...11086:...
before11087INbefore
we11088PPwe
get11089VVPget
to11090TOto
more11091JJRmore
examples11092NNSexample
,11093,,
I11094PPI
thought11095VVDthink
Justice11096NPJustice
Ginsburg11097NPGinsburg
's11098POS's
point11099NNpoint
was11100VBDbe
worth11101JJworth
exploring11102VVGexplore
a11103DTa
little11104JJlittle
bit11105NNbit
more11106RBRmore
.11107SENT.
I11108PPI
...11109:...
I11110PPI
had11111VHDhave
thought11112VVNthink
in11113INin
this11114DTthis
country11115NNcountry
the11116DTthe
people11117NNSpeople
were11118VBDbe
...11119:...
were11120VBDbe
the11121DTthe
sovereign11122JJsovereign
and11123CCand
that11124IN/thatthat
sovereignty11125NNsovereignty
was11126VBDbe
divided11127VVNdivide
,11128,,
exercise11129NNexercise
of11130INof
sovereignty11131NNsovereignty
was11132VBDbe
divided11133VVNdivide
,11134,,
not11135RBnot
multiplied11136VVNmultiply
.11137SENT.
So11138RBso
it11139PPit
was11140VBDbe
divided11141VVNdivide
between11142INbetween
the11143DTthe
federal11144JJfederal
government11145NNgovernment
and11146CCand
the11147DTthe
state11148NNstate
governments11149NNSgovernment
,11150,,
Ninth11151JJninth
and11152CCand
Tenth11153JJtenth
Amendment11154NPAmendment
.11155SENT.
And11156CCand
that11157WDTthat
it11158PPit
...11159:...
it11160PPit
is11161VBZbe
awkward11162JJawkward
,11163,,
is11164VBZbe
n't11165RBn't
it11166PPit
,11167,,
to11168TOto
say11169VVsay
that11170IN/thatthat
there11171EXthere
are11172VBPbe
two11173CDtwo
sovereigns11174NNSsovereign
who11175WPwho
get11176VVPget
to11177TOto
multiply11178VVmultiply
offenses11179NNSoffense
against11180INagainst
you11181PPyou
?11182SENT?
I11183PPI
can11184MDcan
't11185RB't
think11186VVPthink
of11187INof
another11188DTanother
case11189NNcase
where11190WRBwhere
federalism11191NNfederalism
is11192VBZbe
used11193VVNuse
,11194,,
as11195INas
Justice11196NPJustice
Ginsburg11197NPGinsburg
indicated11198VVDindicate
,11199,,
to11200TOto
allow11201VVallow
greater11202JJRgreat
intrusions11203NNSintrusion
against11204INagainst
the11205DTthe
person11206NNperson
,11207,,
rather11208RBrather
than11209INthan
to11210TOto
protect11211VVprotect
more11212JJRmore
against11213INagainst
them11214PPthem
.11215SENT.
[MR. FEIGIN]11216LOC[MR. FEIGIN]
Well11217UHWell
,11218,,
Your11219PP$your
Honor11220NPHonor
,11221,,
the11222DTthe
people11223NNSpeople
have11224VHPhave
vested11225VVNvest
the11226DTthe
sovereignty11227NNsovereignty
in11228INin
both11229CCboth
the11230DTthe
state11231NNstate
and11232CCand
the11233DTthe
United11234NPUnited
States11235NPSStates
...11236:...
[JUSTICE GINSBURG]11237LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
Is11238VBZbe
there11239RBthere
such11240PDTsuch
an11241DTan
example11242NNexample
?11243SENT?
Is11244VBZbe
there11245RBthere
such11246PDTsuch
an11247DTan
example11248NNexample
,11249,,
other11250JJother
than11251INthan
double11252JJdouble
jeopardy11253NNjeopardy
,11254,,
where11255WRBwhere
the11256DTthe
individual11257NNindividual
has11258VHZhave
a11259DTa
double11260JJdouble
whammy11261NNwhammy
,11262,,
both11263CCboth
the11264DTthe
state11265NNstate
and11266CCand
the11267DTthe
federal11268JJfederal
,11269,,
usually11270RBusually
federalism11271NNfederalism
,11272,,
as11273INas
Justice11274NPJustice
Gorsuch11275NPGorsuch
just11276RBjust
pointed11277VVDpoint
out11278RPout
...11279:...
[MR. FEIGIN]11280LOC[MR. FEIGIN]
Well11281UHWell
...11282:...
[JUSTICE GINSBURG]11283LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
...11284:...
is11285VBZbe
protective11286JJprotective
of11287INof
the11288DTthe
individual11289NNindividual
?11290SENT?
[MR. FEIGIN]11291LOC[MR. FEIGIN]
Well11292UHWell
,11293,,
Your11294PP$your
Honor11295NPHonor
,11296,,
it11297PPit
is11298VBZbe
a11299DTa
common11300JJcommon
fact11301NNfact
of11302INof
life11303NNlife
that11304IN/thatthat
everyone11305NNeveryone
is11306VBZbe
subject11307JJsubject
to11308TOto
both11309DTboth
state11310NNstate
and11311CCand
federal11312JJfederal
regulation11313NNregulation
.11314SENT.
It11315PPit
's11316VBZbe
why11317WRBwhy
everyone11318NNeveryone
in11319INin
this11320DTthis
room11321NNroom
,11322,,
except11323INexcept
maybe11324RBmaybe
my11325PP$my
friends11326NNSfriend
from11327INfrom
Texas11328NPTexas
,11329,,
pay11330NNpay
both11331CCboth
state11332NNstate
and11333CCand
federal11334JJfederal
taxes11335NNStaxis
.11336SENT.
[11337SYM[
LAUGHTER11338NNlaughter
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[MR. FEIGIN]11340LOC[MR. FEIGIN]
It11341PPit
's11342VBZbe
why11343WRBwhy
businesses11344NNSbusiness
are11345VBPbe
regulated11346VVNregulate
by11347INby
both11348CCboth
the11349DTthe
federal11350JJfederal
and11351CCand
state11352NNstate
governments11353NNSgovernment
,11354,,
and11355CCand
why11356WRBwhy
everyone11357NNeveryone
knows11358VVZknow
that11359IN/thatthat
an11360DTan
act11361NNact
,11362,,
and11363CCand
even11364RBeven
Petitioner11365NNpetitioner
agrees11366VVZagree
,11367,,
the11368DTthe
same11369JJsame
act11370NNact
can11371MDcan
be11372VBbe
both11373CCboth
a11374DTa
state11375NNstate
and11376CCand
federal11377JJfederal
crime11378NNcrime
.11379SENT.
[JUSTICE ALITO]11380LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
But11381CCbut
what11382WPwhat
about11383INabout
the11384DTthe
adoption11385NNadoption
of11386INof
the11387DTthe
Black11388NPBlack
...11389:...
the11390DTthe
Blockburger11391NPBlockburger
rule11392NNrule
as11393RBas
opposed11394VVNoppose
to11395TOto
the11396DTthe
same11397JJsame
...11398:...
same11399JJsame
transaction11400NNtransaction
test11401NNtest
?11402SENT?
[MR. FEIGIN]11403LOC[MR. FEIGIN]
So11404RBso
,11405,,
Your11406PP$your
Honor11407NPHonor
,11408,,
I11409PPI
think11410VVPthink
the11411DTthe
...11412:...
the11413DTthe
origins11414NNSorigin
...11415:...
[JUSTICE ALITO]11416LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
That11417DTthat
...11418:...
that11419WDTthat
's11420VBZbe
a11421DTa
...11422:...
that11423WDTthat
's11424VBZbe
a11425DTa
rule11426NNrule
that11427WDTthat
...11428:...
that11429WDTthat
's11430VBZbe
a11431DTa
rule11432NNrule
of11433INof
federalism11434NNfederalism
in11435INin
a11436DTa
way11437NNway
.11438SENT.
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...11440:...
and11441CCand
yet11442RByet
it11443PPit
exposes11444VVZexpose
defendants11445NNSdefendant
to11446TOto
prosecution11447NNprosecution
for11448INfor
the11449DTthe
same11450JJsame
acts11451NNSact
in11452INin
both11453DTboth
federal11454JJfederal
court11455NNcourt
and11456CCand
state11457NNstate
court11458NNcourt
.11459SENT.
[MR. FEIGIN]11460LOC[MR. FEIGIN]
I11461PPI
think11462VVPthink
that11463WDTthat
's11464VBZbe
right11465JJright
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Honor11468NPHonor
.11469SENT.
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the11473DTthe
judgments11474NNSjudgment
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the11476DTthe
legislatures11477NNSlegislature
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to11479TOto
how11480WRBhow
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wanted11482VVDwant
to11483TOto
craft11484VVcraft
their11485PP$their
crimes11486NNScrime
.11487SENT.
Blockburger11488NPBlockburger
has11489VHZhave
n't11490RBn't
...11491:...
[JUSTICE GINSBURG]11492LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
It's11493NPIt's
...11494:...
it11495PPit
's11496VBZbe
...11497:...
[MR. FEIGIN]11498LOC[MR. FEIGIN]
...11499:...
heretofore11500RBheretofore
been11501VBNbe
...11502:...
[JUSTICE GINSBURG]11503LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
...11504:...
it11505PPit
's11506VBZbe
a11507DTa
double11508JJdouble
jeopardy11509NNjeopardy
.11510SENT.
We11511PPwe
're11512VBPbe
talking11513VVGtalk
about11514INabout
double11515JJdouble
jeopardy11516NNjeopardy
,11517,,
whether11518INwhether
it11519PPit
's11520POS's
Blockburger11521NPBlockburger
or11522CCor
this11523DTthis
case11524NNcase
.11525SENT.
I11526PPI
asked11527VVDask
,11528,,
outside11529INoutside
the11530DTthe
realm11531NNrealm
of11532INof
double11533JJdouble
jeopardy11534NNjeopardy
,11535,,
is11536VBZbe
there11537RBthere
such11538PDTsuch
an11539DTan
instance11540NNinstance
?11541SENT?
[MR. FEIGIN]11542LOC[MR. FEIGIN]
Your11543PP$your
Honor11544NPHonor
,11545,,
I11546PPI
...11547:...
I11548PPI
think11549VVPthink
I11550PPI
've11551VHPhave
just11552RBjust
given11553VVNgive
several11554JJseveral
examples11555NNSexample
of11556INof
cases11557NNScase
where11558WRBwhere
people11559NNSpeople
are11560VBPbe
regulated11561VVNregulate
more11562RBRmore
heavily11563RBheavily
because11564INbecause
there11565EXthere
are11566VBPbe
two11567CDtwo
governments11568NNSgovernment
than11569INthan
in11570INin
...11571:...
than11572INthan
they11573PPthey
would11574MDwould
be11575VBbe
if11576INif
they11577PPthey
were11578VBDbe
subject11579JJsubject
only11580RBonly
to11581TOto
one11582CDone
unitary11583JJunitary
government11584NNgovernment
.11585SENT.
That11586DTthat
's11587VBZbe
a11588DTa
necessary11589JJnecessary
consequence11590NNconsequence
of11591INof
our11592PP$our
system11593NNsystem
.11594SENT.
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the11596DTthe
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has11598VHZhave
repeatedly11599RBrepeatedly
recognized11600VVNrecognize
it11601PPit
.11602SENT.
[JUSTICE KAGAN]11603LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
May11604MDmay
I11605PPI
ask11606VVask
,11607,,
Mr11608NPMr
.11609SENT.
Feigin11610NPFeigin
,11611,,
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?11644SENT?
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...11646:...
is11647VBZbe
...11648:...
is11649VBZbe
that11650DTthat
something11651NNsomething
that11652WDTthat
happens11653VVZhappen
regularly11654RBregularly
?11655SENT?
[MR. FEIGIN]11656LOC[MR. FEIGIN]
I11657PPI
...11658:...
I11659PPI
'm11660VBPbe
not11661RBnot
really11662RBreally
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that11665RBthat
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a11667DTa
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the11671DTthe
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.11674SENT.
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the11683DTthe
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...11704:...
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prosecutors11708NNSprosecutor
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say11714VVsay
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,11724,,
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a11727DTa
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,11731,,
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a11743DTa
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.11748SENT.
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the11755DTthe
state11756NNstate
offense11757NNoffense
,11758,,
and11759CCand
,11760,,
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,11762,,
that11763WDTthat
would11764MDwould
bar11765VVbar
a11766DTa
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prosecution11768NNprosecution
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possession11770NNpossession
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intent11772NNintent
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which11776WDTwhich
would11777MDwould
be11778VBbe
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,11780,,
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his11782PP$his
rule11783NNrule
,11784,,
a11785DTa
greater11786JJRgreat
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offense11788NNoffense
.11789SENT.
[JUSTICE GINSBURG]11790LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
Do11791VVPdo
...11792:...
do11793VVPdo
you11794PPyou
remember11795VVPremember
what11796WPwhat
the11797DTthe
situation11798NNsituation
was11799VBDbe
in11800INin
the11801DTthe
D11802NPD
.11803SENT.
C11804LSc
.11805SENT.
,11806,,
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so11808RBso
very11809RBvery
long11810RBlong
ago11811RBago
,11812,,
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we11814PPwe
had11815VHDhave
the11816DTthe
same11817JJsame
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for11819INfor
the11820DTthe
local11821JJlocal
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and11823CCand
the11824DTthe
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?11827SENT?
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the11829DTthe
D11830NPD
.11831SENT.
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.11833SENT.
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the11839DTthe
U11840NPU
.11841SENT.
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.11843SENT.
code11844NNcode
,11845,,
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the11847DTthe
prosecutor11848NNprosecutor
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the11860DTthe
D11861NPD
.11862SENT.
C11863LSc
.11864SENT.
code11865NNcode
,11866,,
and11867CCand
if11868INif
you11869PPyou
do11870VVPdo
n't11871RBn't
,11872,,
I11873PPI
'm11874VBPbe
going11875VVGgo
to11876TOto
indict11877VVindict
you11878PPyou
under11879INunder
the11880DTthe
U11881NPU
.11882SENT.
S11883NPS
.11884SENT.
code11885NNcode
.11886SENT.
[MR. FEIGIN]11887LOC[MR. FEIGIN]
Well11888UHWell
,11889,,
Your11890PP$your
Honor11891NPHonor
,11892,,
D11893NPD
.11894SENT.
C11895LSc
.11896SENT.
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that11921WDTthat
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...11948:...
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the11959DTthe
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,11964,,
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want12115VVPwant
to12116TOto
prosecute12117VVprosecute
crime12118NNcrime
.12119SENT.
[JUSTICE BREYER]12120LOC[JUSTICE BREYER]
Are12121NPAre
...12122:...
[MR. FEIGIN]12123LOC[MR. FEIGIN]
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difficulty12125NNdifficulty
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I12144PPI
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the12150DTthe
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.12163SENT.
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Bryant12178NPBryant
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critical12185JJcritical
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curbing12188VVGcurb
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.12209SENT.
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.12247SENT.
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...12269:...
[JUSTICE GINSBURG]12270LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
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...12274:...
[MR. FEIGIN]12275LOC[MR. FEIGIN]
...12276:...
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[JUSTICE GINSBURG]12281LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
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[MR. FEIGIN]12295LOC[MR. FEIGIN]
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important12356JJimportant
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,12362,,
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the12364DTthe
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Wheeler12371NPWheeler
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defendant12384NNdefendant
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the12386DTthe
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deterrence12394NNdeterrence
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the12396DTthe
kinds12397NNSkind
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treatment12399NNtreatment
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can12403MDcan
receive12404VVreceive
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going12413VVGgo
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be12415VBbe
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to12417TOto
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[JUSTICE BREYER]12423LOC[JUSTICE BREYER]
I12424PPI
see12425VVPsee
the12426DTthe
problem12427NNproblem
.12428SENT.
I12429PPI
just12430RBjust
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want12434VVPwant
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a12437DTa
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words12439NNSword
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a12441DTa
slightly12442RBslightly
different12443JJdifferent
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,12445,,
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I12447PPI
do12448VVPdo
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have12453VHPhave
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add12456VVadd
to12457TOto
what12458WPwhat
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my12461PP$my
mind12462NNmind
,12463,,
and12464CCand
I12465PPI
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formulate12471VVformulate
a12472DTa
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.12477SENT.
I12478PPI
...12479:...
I12480PPI
looked12481VVDlook
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the12483DTthe
history12484NNhistory
,12485,,
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a12490DTa
Footnote12491NNfootnote
912492CD9
.12493SENT.
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a12496DTa
...12497:...
a12498DTa
whole12499JJwhole
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in12501INin
Frankfurter12502NNfrankfurter
's12503POS's
opinion12504NNopinion
,12505,,
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on12508INon
your12509PP$your
side12510NNside
,12511,,
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they12513PPthey
have12514VHPhave
a12515DTa
pretty12516RBpretty
strong12517JJstrong
argument12518NNargument
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their12520PP$their
side12521NNside
.12522SENT.
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pointed12526VVNpoint
to12527TOto
some12528DTsome
problems12529NNSproblem
and12530CCand
...12531:...
and12532CCand
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're12537VBPbe
real12538JJreal
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do12543VVPdo
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seem12545VVseem
like12546INlike
overwhelming12547JJoverwhelming
ones12548NNSone
in12549INin
terms12550NNSterm
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how12552WRBhow
often12553RBoften
they12554PPthey
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.12556SENT.
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say12559VVPsay
:12560::
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,12562,,
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's12564VBZbe
10012565CD@card@
cases12566NNScase
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this12568DTthis
applies12569VVZapply
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the12573DTthe
federal12574JJfederal
part12575NNpart
and12576CCand
there12577EXthere
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also12579RBalso
2012580CD@card@
states12581NNSstate
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50,00012584CD@card@
federal12585JJfederal
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,12591,,
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are12593VBPbe
10012594CD@card@
cases12595NNScase
,12596,,
and12597CCand
this12598DTthis
has12599VHZhave
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around12601RBaround
for12602INfor
7012603CD@card@
years12604NNSyear
,12605,,
at12606INat
least12607JJSleast
,12608,,
17012609CD@card@
,12610,,
possibly12611RBpossibly
,12612,,
or12613CCor
somewhere12614RBsomewhere
in12615INin
between12616INbetween
.12617SENT.
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how12619WRBhow
am12620VBPbe
I12621PPI
supposed12622VVNsuppose
to12623TOto
decide12624VVdecide
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your12626PP$your
opinion12627NNopinion
about12628RBabout
whether12629INwhether
their12630PP$their
arguments12631NNSargument
,12632,,
which12633WDTwhich
are12634VBPbe
past12635JJpast
,12636,,
plus12637CCplus
a12638DTa
certain12639JJcertain
unfairness12640NNunfairness
,12641,,
which12642WDTwhich
Justice12643NPJustice
Black12644NPBlack
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well12647RBwell
,12648,,
outweighs12649VVZoutweigh
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decisis12652NNdecisis
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You12654PPyou
can12655MDcan
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say12657VVPsay
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,12659,,
stare12660VVPstare
decisis12661NNdecisis
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never12663RBnever
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would12671MDwould
n't12672RBn't
have12673VHhave
Brown12674NPBrown
versus12675FWversus
Board12676NPBoard
.12677SENT.
But12678CCbut
,12679,,
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it12681PPit
never12682RBnever
holds12683VVZhold
,12684,,
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the12696DTthe
law12697NNlaw
.12698SENT.
Okay12699JJokay
?12700SENT?
Wonderful12701JJwonderful
.12702SENT.
This12703DTthis
has12704VHZhave
occurred12705VVNoccur
to12706TOto
you12707PPyou
,12708,,
this12709DTthis
problem12710NNproblem
.12711SENT.
And12712CCand
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you12714PPyou
have12715VHPhave
anything12716NNanything
to12717TOto
say12718VVsay
that12719WDTthat
will12720MDwill
help12721VVhelp
me12722PPme
decide12723VVdecide
this12724DTthis
kind12725NNkind
of12726INof
balance12727NNbalance
?12728SENT?
[MR. FEIGIN]12729LOC[MR. FEIGIN]
Your12730PP$your
Honor12731NPHonor
,12732,,
I12733PPI
think12734VVPthink
they12735PPthey
need12736VVPneed
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more12741RBRmore
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earlier12772RBRearlier
...12773:...
I12774PPI
forget12775VVPforget
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adjective12777NNadjective
he12778PPhe
used12779VVDuse
,12780,,
but12781CCbut
it12782PPit
was12783VBDbe
...12784:...
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]12785LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
Grievously12786RBgrievously
.12787SENT.
[MR. FEIGIN]12788LOC[MR. FEIGIN]
Thank12789VVthank
you12790PPyou
.12791SENT.
You12792PPyou
have12793VHPhave
to12794TOto
show12795VVshow
that12796IN/thatthat
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grievously12799RBgrievously
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I12812PPI
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...12819:...
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across12875INacross
jurisdictions12876NNSjurisdiction
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's12879VBZbe
complicated12880JJcomplicated
...12881:...
[JUSTICE GINSBURG]12882LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
May12883MDmay
I12884PPI
ask12885VVask
you12886PPyou
a12887DTa
question12888NNquestion
about12889INabout
issue12890NNissue
preclusion12891NNpreclusion
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...12896:...
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found12933VVNfind
,12934,,
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it12937PPit
's12938VBZbe
tried12939VVNtry
in12940INin
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the12945DTthe
identical12946JJidentical
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involved12949VVNinvolve
.12950SENT.
Is12951VBZbe
...12952:...
does12953VVZdo
issue12954NNissue
preclusion12955NNpreclusion
operate12956VVPoperate
?12957SENT?
[MR. FEIGIN]12958LOC[MR. FEIGIN]
In12959INin
...12960:...
are12961VBPbe
you12962PPyou
talking12963VVGtalk
in12964INin
criminal12965JJcriminal
law12966NNlaw
...12967:...
[JUSTICE GINSBURG]12968LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
Yes12969NPYes
.12970SENT.
[MR. FEIGIN]12971LOC[MR. FEIGIN]
...12972:...
or12973CCor
in12974INin
...12975:...
huh12976NPHuh
?12977SENT?
[JUSTICE GINSBURG]12978LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
Yeah12979NPYeah
.12980SENT.
[MR. FEIGIN]12981LOC[MR. FEIGIN]
Or12982CCor
in12983INin
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?12986SENT?
[JUSTICE GINSBURG]12987LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
I12988PPI
'm12989VBPbe
talking12990VVGtalk
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law12993NNlaw
.12994SENT.
[MR. FEIGIN]12995LOC[MR. FEIGIN]
So12996RBso
,12997,,
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,13001,,
Your13002PP$your
Honor13003NPHonor
,13004,,
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is13006VBZbe
no13007DTno
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estoppel13010NNestoppel
.13011SENT.
The13012DTthe
Court13013NPCourt
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as13015RBas
much13016JJmuch
in13017INin
...13018:...
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Standefer13020NPStandefer
.13021SENT.
And13022CCand
this13023DTthis
issue13024NNissue
has13025VHZhave
n't13026RBn't
come13027VVNcome
up13028RPup
,13029,,
of13030INof
course13031NNcourse
,13032,,
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has13036VHZhave
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crimes13042NNScrime
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the13045DTthe
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under13048INunder
the13049DTthe
Double13050NPDouble
Jeopardy13051NNjeopardy
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.13053SENT.
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]13054LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
Don't13055NPDon't
...13056:...
do13057VVPdo
n't13058RBn't
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problems13061NNSproblem
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the13067DTthe
first13068JJfirst
to13069TOto
file13070VVfile
,13071,,
if13072INif
you13073PPyou
win13074VVPwin
the13075DTthe
race13076NNrace
to13077TOto
the13078DTthe
courthouse13079NNcourthouse
?13080SENT?
And13081CCand
I13082PPI
would13083MDwould
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the13085DTthe
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is13087VBZbe
true13088JJtrue
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sit13108VVsit
down13109RPdown
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develop13111VVdevelop
a13112DTa
...13113:...
a13114DTa
way13115NNway
of13116INof
coordinating13117VVGcoordinate
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cases13119NNScase
you13120PPyou
're13121VBPbe
going13122VVGgo
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file13124VVfile
in13125INin
first13126JJfirst
and13127CCand
which13128WDTwhich
ones13129NNSone
they13130PPthey
're13131VBPbe
going13132VVGgo
to13133TOto
file13134VVfile
in13135INin
first13136JJfirst
?13137SENT?
[MR. FEIGIN]13138LOC[MR. FEIGIN]
Well13139UHWell
,13140,,
Your13141PP$your
Honor13142NPHonor
,13143,,
I13144PPI
'm13145VBPbe
not13146RBnot
sure13147JJsure
that13148WDTthat
's13149VBZbe
true13150JJtrue
,13151,,
because13152INbecause
I13153PPI
'm13154VBPbe
not13155RBnot
sure13156JJsure
that13157IN/thatthat
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're13159VBPbe
always13160RBalways
going13161VVGgo
to13162TOto
cooperate13163VVcooperate
.13164SENT.
I13165PPI
think13166VVPthink
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government13177NNgovernment
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states13179NNSstate
do13180VVPdo
not13181RBnot
always13182RBalways
see13183VVsee
eye13184NNeye
to13185TOto
eye13186NNeye
on13187INon
matters13188NNSmatter
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law13191NNlaw
enforcement13192NNenforcement
,13193,,
and13194CCand
there13195EXthere
are13196VBPbe
going13197VVGgo
to13198TOto
be13199VBbe
cases13200NNScase
in13201INin
which13202WDTwhich
each13203DTeach
has13204VHZhave
separate13205JJseparate
interests13206NNSinterest
to13207TOto
vindicate13208VVvindicate
.13209SENT.
You13210PPyou
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imagine13212VVimagine
federal13213JJfederal
prosecutors13214NNSprosecutor
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California13216NPCalifornia
,13217,,
as13218INas
a13219DTa
protest13220NNprotest
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...13222:...
I13223PPI
...13224:...
I13225PPI
'm13226VBPbe
sorry13227JJsorry
,13228,,
state13229NNstate
prosecutors13230NNSprosecutor
in13231INin
California13232NPCalifornia
,13233,,
as13234INas
a13235DTa
protest13236NNprotest
against13237INagainst
federal13238JJfederal
marijuana13239NNmarijuana
laws13240NNSlaw
,13241,,
allowing13242VVGallow
anyone13243NNanyone
who13244WPwho
's13245VBZbe
caught13246VVNcatch
with13247INwith
5013248CD@card@
kilograms13249NNSkilogram
of13250INof
marijuana13251NNmarijuana
to13252TOto
walk13253VVwalk
in13254RPin
and13255CCand
plead13256VVplead
to13257TOto
a13258DTa
misdemeanor13259NNmisdemeanor
to13260TOto
frustrate13261VVfrustrate
federal13262JJfederal
prosecutions13263NNSprosecution
.13264SENT.
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are13266VBPbe
also13267RBalso
going13268VVGgo
to13269TOto
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cases13271NNScase
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the13273DTthe
state13274NNstate
prosecutors13275NNSprosecutor
simply13276RBsimply
do13277VVPdo
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have13279VHhave
perfect13280JJperfect
information13281NNinformation
or13282CCor
maybe13283RBmaybe
the13284DTthe
federal13285JJfederal
prosecutors13286NNSprosecutor
do13287VVPdo
n't13288RBn't
.13289SENT.
So13290INso
the13291DTthe
state13292NNstate
prosecutors13293NNSprosecutor
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see13295VVsee
something13296NNsomething
and13297CCand
just13298RBjust
think13299VVPthink
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's13301VBZbe
a13302DTa
simple13303JJsimple
assault13304NNassault
,13305,,
and13306CCand
what13307WPwhat
they13308PPthey
do13309VVPdo
n't13310RBn't
realize13311VVrealize
is13312VBZbe
that13313IN/thatthat
it13314PPit
's13315VBZbe
actually13316RBactually
part13317NNpart
of13318INof
a13319DTa
racketeering13320NNracketeering
conspiracy13321NNconspiracy
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And13323CCand
I13324PPI
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up13328RPup
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examples13330NNSexample
,13331,,
Your13332PP$your
Honor13333NPHonor
.13334SENT.
We13335PPwe
see13336VVPsee
all13337PDTall
the13338DTthe
Petite13339NPPetite
waiver13340NNwaiver
requests13341NNSrequest
,13342,,
and13343CCand
the13344DTthe
examples13345NNSexample
I13346PPI
'm13347VBPbe
giving13348VVGgive
the13349DTthe
Court13350NPCourt
are13351VBPbe
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cases13353NNScase
that13354WDTthat
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actually13356RBactually
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They13359PPthey
're13360VBPbe
at13361INat
least13362JJSleast
based13363VVNbase
on13364INon
some13365DTsome
...13366:...
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]13367LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
So13368RBso
,13369,,
counsel13370NNcounsel
,13371,,
it13372PPit
seems13373VVZseem
like13374INlike
the13375DTthe
ones13376NNSone
that13377IN/thatthat
you13378PPyou
can13379MDcan
't13380RB't
cooperate13381VVPcooperate
you13382PPyou
could13383MDcould
solve13384VVsolve
by13385INby
getting13386VVGget
to13387TOto
the13388DTthe
courthouse13389NNcourthouse
first13390JJfirst
,13391,,
right13392RBright
?13393SENT?
[MR. FEIGIN]13394LOC[MR. FEIGIN]
Well13395UHWell
,13396,,
then13397RBthen
we13398PPwe
're13399VBPbe
not13400RBnot
...13401:...
Your13402PP$your
Honor13403NPHonor
,13404,,
then13405RBthen
,13406,,
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there13408EXthere
's13409VBZbe
a13410DTa
race13411NNrace
to13412TOto
the13413DTthe
courthouse13414NNcourthouse
,13415,,
it13416PPit
deters13417VVZdeter
state13418NNstate
and13419CCand
federal13420JJfederal
prosecutors13421NNSprosecutor
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cooperating13423VVGcooperate
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stage13428NNstage
.13429SENT.
You13430PPyou
do13431VVPdo
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to13434TOto
take13435VVtake
my13436PP$my
word13437NNword
for13438INfor
it13439PPit
.13440SENT.
If13441INif
you13442PPyou
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state13446NNstate
and13447CCand
local13448JJlocal
government13449NNgovernment
brief13450NNbrief
,13451,,
that13452WDTthat
's13453VBZbe
exactly13454RBexactly
what13455WPwhat
they13456PPthey
say13457VVPsay
.13458SENT.
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]13459LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
Can13460MDcan
I13461PPI
ask13462VVask
one13463CDone
question13464NNquestion
on13465INon
...13466:...
on13467INon
...13468:...
on13469INon
stare13470NNstare
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have13474VHPhave
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explored13476VVNexplore
so13477RBso
far13478RBfar
?13479SENT?
And13480CCand
...13481:...
and13482CCand
...13483:...
and13484CCand
that13485DTthat
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reliance13487NNreliance
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The13489DTthe
government13490NNgovernment
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far13499RBfar
as13500INas
I13501PPI
can13502MDcan
tell13503VVtell
.13504SENT.
It13505PPit
says13506VVZsay
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's13509VBZbe
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some13513DTsome
systemic13514JJsystemic
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were13518VBDbe
to13519TOto
change13520VVchange
the13521DTthe
rule13522NNrule
,13523,,
and13524CCand
confusion13525NNconfusion
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But13527CCbut
you13528PPyou
...13529:...
you13530PPyou
can13531MDcan
't13532RB't
...13533:...
you13534PPyou
have13535VHPhave
n't13536RBn't
suggested13537VVNsuggest
,13538,,
I13539PPI
do13540VVPdo
n't13541RBn't
think13542VVthink
,13543,,
that13544WDTthat
...13545:...
that13546IN/thatthat
a13547DTa
...13548:...
a13549DTa
prosecutor13550NNprosecutor
has13551VHZhave
a13552DTa
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to13554TOto
rely13555VVrely
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an13557DTan
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rule13559NNrule
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put13561VVput
someone13562NNsomeone
in13563INin
prison13564NNprison
.13565SENT.
I13566PPI
mean13567VVPmean
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that13569WDTthat
would13570MDwould
n't13571RBn't
be13572VBbe
a13573DTa
thing13574NNthing
,13575,,
would13576MDwould
it13577PPit
?13578SENT?
[MR. FEIGIN]13579LOC[MR. FEIGIN]
Well13580UHWell
,13581,,
Your13582PP$your
Honor13583NPHonor
,13584,,
I13585PPI
do13586VVPdo
think13587VVthink
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should13590MDshould
weigh13591VVweigh
heavily13592RBheavily
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this13594DTthis
Court13595NNcourt
that13596IN/thatthat
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be13600VBbe
doing13601VVGdo
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potentially13603RBpotentially
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letting13605VVGlet
people13606NNSpeople
out13607RPout
of13608INof
prison13609NNprison
based13610VVNbase
...13611:...
based13612VVNbase
on13613RPon
,13614,,
I13615PPI
think13616VVPthink
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a13618DTa
rule13619NNrule
that13620WDTthat
is13621VBZbe
at13622INat
best13623JJSgood
...13624:...
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]13625LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
If13626INif
we13627PPwe
...13628:...
if13629INif
we13630PPwe
were13631VBDbe
convinced13632VVNconvince
,13633,,
though13634RBthough
,13635,,
the13636DTthe
Constitution13637NPConstitution
stood13638VVDstand
one13639CDone
way13640NNway
,13641,,
against13642INagainst
you13643PPyou
,13644,,
and13645CCand
...13646:...
just13647RBjust
hypothetically13648RBhypothetically
,13649,,
you13650PPyou
would13651MDwould
n't13652RBn't
...13653:...
you13654PPyou
would13655MDwould
n't13656RBn't
argue13657VVargue
that13658IN/thatthat
the13659DTthe
government13660NNgovernment
has13661VHZhave
a13662DTa
reliance13663NNreliance
interest13664NNinterest
to13665TOto
keep13666VVkeep
people13667NNSpeople
in13668INin
prison13669NNprison
despite13670INdespite
an13671DTan
unconstitutional13672JJunconstitutional
rule13673NNrule
,13674,,
would13675MDwould
you13676PPyou
?13677SENT?
[MR. FEIGIN]13678LOC[MR. FEIGIN]
Your13679PP$your
Honor13680NPHonor
,13681,,
I13682PPI
think13683VVPthink
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[JUSTICE GORSUCH]13703LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
Well13704UHWell
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[MR. FEIGIN]13712LOC[MR. FEIGIN]
...13713:...
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[JUSTICE GORSUCH]13719LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
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?13770SENT?
[MR. FEIGIN]13771LOC[MR. FEIGIN]
Well13772UHWell
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[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]13949LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
Well13950UHwell
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[MR. FEIGIN]13956LOC[MR. FEIGIN]
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[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]13966LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
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[MR. FEIGIN]13970LOC[MR. FEIGIN]
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[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]14035LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
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[MR. FEIGIN]14038LOC[MR. FEIGIN]
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[MR. FEIGIN]14152LOC[MR. FEIGIN]
No14153NPNo
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[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]14189LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
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[MR. FEIGIN]14252LOC[MR. FEIGIN]
Well14253UHWell
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I14287PPI
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[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]14293LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
Uh-huh14294NPUh-huh
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[MR. FEIGIN]14296LOC[MR. FEIGIN]
They14297PPthey
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Thank14384VVthank
you14385PPyou
.14386SENT.
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]14387LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
Thank14388VVthank
you14389PPyou
,14390,,
Mr14391NPMr
.14392SENT.
Feigin14393NPFeigin
.14394SENT.
General14395NPGeneral
Hawkins14396NPHawkins
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[MR. HAWKINS]14398LOC[MR. HAWKINS]
Thank14399VVthank
you14400PPyou
,14401,,
Mr14402NPMr
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Chief14404NPChief
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[JUSTICE GINSBURG]14538LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
In14539INin
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[MR. HAWKINS]14588LOC[MR. HAWKINS]
Well14589UHWell
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government14717NNgovernment
has14718VHZhave
already14719RBalready
brought14720VVNbring
a14721DTa
prosecution14722NNprosecution
based14723VVNbase
on14724INon
the14725DTthe
same14726JJsame
conduct14727NNconduct
.14728SENT.
But14729CCbut
,14730,,
as14731RBas
recently14732RBrecently
as14733INas
200314734CD@card@
,14735,,
following14736VVGfollow
the14737DTthe
914738CD9
/14739SYM/
1114740CD@card@
attacks14741NNSattack
,14742,,
Virginia14743NPVirginia
amended14744VVDamend
its14745PP$its
law14746NNlaw
to14747TOto
make14748VVmake
an14749DTan
exception14750NNexception
for14751INfor
terrorism14752NNterrorism
cases14753NNScase
.14754SENT.
Other14755JJother
...14756:...
the14757DTthe
parties14758NNSparty
have14759VHPhave
spoken14760VVNspeak
about14761INabout
potential14762JJpotential
exceptions14763NNSexception
related14764VVNrelate
to14765TOto
civil14766JJcivil
rights14767NNSright
,14768,,
for14769INfor
example14770NNexample
.14771SENT.
I14772PPI
think14773VVPthink
the14774DTthe
Virginia14775NPVirginia
example14776NNexample
shows14777VVZshow
that14778IN/thatthat
states14779NNSstate
are14780VBPbe
capable14781JJcapable
of14782INof
recognizing14783VVGrecognize
the14784DTthe
fairness14785NNfairness
concerns14786NNSconcern
and14787CCand
the14788DTthe
policy14789NNpolicy
concerns14790VVZconcern
that14791IN/thatthat
Petitioner14792NNpetitioner
raises14793NNSraise
and14794CCand
legislating14795VVGlegislate
appropriately14796RBappropriately
.14797SENT.
In14798INin
asking14799VVGask
the14800DTthe
Court14801NPCourt
not14802RBnot
to14803TOto
overturn14804VVoverturn
its14805PP$its
long-standing14806JJlong-standing
interpretation14807NNinterpretation
,14808,,
we14809PPwe
'd14810MDwould
like14811VVlike
to14812TOto
emphasize14813VVemphasize
a14814DTa
couple14815NNcouple
of14816INof
points14817NNSpoint
.14818SENT.
First14819RBfirst
,14820,,
Petitioner14821NNpetitioner
's14822POS's
position14823NNposition
would14824MDwould
create14825VVcreate
a14826DTa
litany14827NNlitany
of14828INof
practical14829JJpractical
problems14830NNSproblem
that14831WDTthat
could14832MDcould
harm14833VVharm
state14834NNstate
interests14835NNSinterest
,14836,,
and14837CCand
I14838PPI
'd14839MDwould
like14840VVlike
to14841TOto
go14842VVgo
through14843INthrough
a14844DTa
number14845NNnumber
of14846INof
examples14847NNSexample
of14848INof
those14849DTthose
.14850SENT.
First14851RBfirst
,14852,,
imagine14853VVimagine
a14854DTa
situation14855NNsituation
in14856INin
which14857WDTwhich
state14858NNstate
A14859DTa
has14860VHZhave
a14861DTa
tougher14862JJRtough
penalty14863NNpenalty
for14864INfor
a14865DTa
particular14866JJparticular
type14867NNtype
of14868INof
conduct14869NNconduct
than14870INthan
does14871VVZdo
state14872NNstate
B14873NNB
.14874SENT.
That14875IN/thatthat
,14876,,
of14877INof
course14878NNcourse
,14879,,
is14880VBZbe
the14881DTthe
fact14882NNfact
pattern14883NNpattern
of14884INof
Heath14885NPHeath
v14886NNv
.14887SENT.
Alabama14888NPAlabama
.14889SENT.
Under14890INunder
Petitioner14891NNpetitioner
's14892POS's
view14893NNview
,14894,,
state14895NNstate
A14896NPA
would14897MDwould
not14898RBnot
be14899VBbe
able14900JJable
to14901TOto
vindicate14902VVvindicate
its14903PP$its
interest14904NNinterest
in14905INin
that14906DTthat
sterner14907JJRstern
prosecution14908NNprosecution
if14909INif
state14910NNstate
B14911NNB
were14912VBDbe
to14913TOto
go14914VVgo
first14915JJfirst
.14916SENT.
That14917DTthat
could14918MDcould
...14919:...
that14920DTthat
situation14921NNsituation
could14922MDcould
also14923RBalso
play14924VVplay
out14925RPout
if14926INif
a14927DTa
state14928NNstate
has14929VHZhave
a14930DTa
sterner14931JJRstern
penalty14932NNpenalty
for14933INfor
a14934DTa
particular14935JJparticular
act14936NNact
than14937INthan
does14938VVZdo
the14939DTthe
federal14940JJfederal
government14941NNgovernment
.14942SENT.
This14943DTthis
Court14944NPCourt
,14945,,
of14946INof
course14947NNcourse
,14948,,
saw14949VVDsee
that14950IN/thatthat
in14951INin
the14952DTthe
Screws14953NPScrews
case14954NNcase
,14955,,
where14956WRBwhere
the14957DTthe
state14958NNstate
penalty14959NNpenalty
was14960VBDbe
much14961RBmuch
stronger14962JJRstrong
than14963INthan
the14964DTthe
federal14965JJfederal
penalty14966NNpenalty
.14967SENT.
We14968PPwe
also14969RBalso
see14970VVPsee
that14971IN/thatthat
in14972INin
,14973,,
for14974INfor
example14975NNexample
,14976,,
the14977DTthe
area14978NNarea
of14979INof
robbery14980NNrobbery
.14981SENT.
Under14982INunder
federal14983JJfederal
law14984NNlaw
,14985,,
a14986DTa
robbery14987NNrobbery
of14988INof
a14989DTa
U14990NPU
.14991SENT.
S14992NPS
.14993SENT.
letter14994NNletter
carrier14995NNcarrier
carrying14996VVGcarry
U14997NPU
.14998SENT.
S14999NPS
.15000SENT.
mail15001NNmail
is15002VBZbe
punishable15003JJpunishable
by15004INby
up15005INup
to15006TOto
1015007CD@card@
years15008NNSyear
.15009SENT.
In15010INin
Texas15011NPTexas
,15012,,
however15013RBhowever
,15014,,
robbery15015NNrobbery
is15016VBZbe
punishable15017JJpunishable
by15018INby
up15019INup
to15020TOto
2015021CD@card@
years15022NNSyear
.15023SENT.
Again15024RBagain
,15025,,
under15026INunder
Petitioner15027NNpetitioner
's15028POS's
view15029NNview
,15030,,
Texas15031NPTexas
would15032MDwould
not15033RBnot
be15034VBbe
able15035JJable
to15036TOto
vindicate15037VVvindicate
its15038PP$its
interests15039NNSinterest
.15040SENT.
[JUSTICE KAGAN]15041LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
I15042PPI
think15043VVPthink
what15044WPwhat
your15045PP$your
friends15046NNSfriend
on15047INon
the15048DTthe
other15049JJother
side15050NNside
might15051MDmight
say15052VVsay
to15053TOto
that15054DTthat
is15055VBZbe
something15056NNsomething
along15057INalong
the15058DTthe
lines15059NNSline
of15060INof
:15061::
Well15062UHWell
,15063,,
it15064PPit
's15065VBZbe
one15066CDone
thing15067NNthing
to15068TOto
pick15069VVpick
the15070DTthe
higher15071JJRhigh
penalty15072NNpenalty
and15073CCand
,15074,,
you15075PPyou
know15076VVPknow
,15077,,
let15078VVPlet
the15079DTthe
state15080NNstate
or15081CCor
the15082DTthe
...15083:...
or15084CCor
the15085DTthe
government15086NNgovernment
with15087INwith
the15088DTthe
higher15089JJRhigh
penalty15090NNpenalty
go15091VVgo
forward15092RBforward
.15093SENT.
The15094DTthe
problem15095NNproblem
with15096INwith
this15097DTthis
is15098VBZbe
that15099IN/thatthat
you15100PPyou
can15101MDcan
get15102VVget
both15103DTboth
.15104SENT.
[MR. HAWKINS]15105LOC[MR. HAWKINS]
Well15106UHwell
...15107:...
well15108UHwell
,15109,,
Your15110PP$your
Honor15111NPHonor
,15112,,
oftentimes15113NNSoftentime
,15114,,
as15115INas
a15116DTa
practical15117JJpractical
matter15118NNmatter
,15119,,
there15120RBthere
won15121MDwill
't15122RB't
be15123VBbe
both15124DTboth
.15125SENT.
But15126CCbut
...15127:...
but15128CCbut
suppose15129VVPsuppose
another15130DTanother
practical15131JJpractical
problem15132NNproblem
that15133WDTthat
would15134MDwould
arise15135VVarise
under15136INunder
Petitioner15137NNpetitioner
's15138POS's
theory15139NNtheory
,15140,,
suppose15141VVPsuppose
that15142IN/thatthat
a15143DTa
state15144NNstate
had15145VHDhave
a15146DTa
particular15147JJparticular
interest15148NNinterest
in15149INin
prosecuting15150VVGprosecute
a15151DTa
drug15152NNdrug
kingpin15153NNkingpin
in15154INin
that15155DTthat
state15156NNstate
.15157SENT.
Suppose15158VVsuppose
he15159PPhe
's15160POS's
public15161JJpublic
enemy15162NNenemy
number15163NNnumber
115164CD1
in15165INin
a15166DTa
given15167VVNgive
state15168NNstate
.15169SENT.
Well15170UHwell
,15171,,
unbeknownst15172JJunbeknownst
to15173TOto
the15174DTthe
state15175NNstate
,15176,,
the15177DTthe
U15178NPU
.15179SENT.
S15180NPS
.15181SENT.
Government15182NNgovernment
is15183VBZbe
also15184RBalso
looking15185VVGlook
at15186INat
that15187DTthat
kingpin15188NNkingpin
in15189INin
connection15190NNconnection
with15191INwith
a15192DTa
different15193JJdifferent
federal15194JJfederal
prosecution15195NNprosecution
.15196SENT.
Now15197RBnow
,15198,,
unbeknownst15199JJunbeknownst
to15200TOto
the15201DTthe
state15202NNstate
,15203,,
the15204DTthe
federal15205JJfederal
government15206NNgovernment
could15207MDcould
enter15208VVenter
into15209INinto
a15210DTa
plea15211NNplea
agreement15212NNagreement
with15213INwith
that15214DTthat
criminal15215NNcriminal
in15216INin
exchange15217NNexchange
for15218INfor
testimony15219NNtestimony
in15220INin
some15221DTsome
other15222JJother
matter15223NNmatter
that15224WDTthat
's15225VBZbe
of15226INof
great15227JJgreat
concern15228NNconcern
to15229TOto
the15230DTthe
federal15231JJfederal
government15232NNgovernment
.15233SENT.
The15234DTthe
states15235NNSstate
might15236MDmight
not15237RBnot
know15238VVknow
about15239RBabout
that15240IN/thatthat
until15241INuntil
it15242PPit
's15243VBZbe
too15244RBtoo
late15245JJlate
.15246SENT.
At15247INat
that15248DTthat
point15249NNpoint
,15250,,
the15251DTthe
states15252NNSstate
would15253MDwould
not15254RBnot
be15255VBbe
able15256JJable
to15257TOto
vindicate15258VVvindicate
their15259PP$their
interests15260NNSinterest
in15261INin
prosecuting15262VVGprosecute
public15263JJpublic
enemy15264NNenemy
number15265NNnumber
115266CD1
.15267SENT.
And15268CCand
,15269,,
of15270INof
course15271NNcourse
,15272,,
as15273INas
the15274DTthe
discussion15275NNdiscussion
earlier15276RBRearlier
...15277:...
[JUSTICE GINSBURG]15278LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
That15279DTthat
would15280MDwould
certainly15281RBcertainly
limit15282VVlimit
the15283DTthe
willingness15284NNwillingness
of15285INof
the15286DTthe
defendant15287NNdefendant
to15288TOto
cooperate15289VVcooperate
if15290INif
that15291DTthat
...15292:...
if15293INif
that15294WDTthat
were15295VBDbe
the15296DTthe
rule15297NNrule
.15298SENT.
[MR. HAWKINS]15299LOC[MR. HAWKINS]
I15300PPI
'm15301VBPbe
sorry15302JJsorry
,15303,,
Your15304PP$your
Honor15305NPHonor
?15306SENT?
Can15307MDcan
you15308PPyou
please15309VVplease
repeat15310NNrepeat
that15311RBthat
?15312SENT?
[JUSTICE GINSBURG]15313LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
If15314INif
the15315DTthe
...15316:...
if15317INif
the15318DTthe
...15319:...
if15320INif
the15321DTthe
defendant15322NNdefendant
could15323MDcould
be15324VBbe
re-prosecuted15325VVNre-prosecuted
by15326INby
the15327DTthe
state15328NNstate
,15329,,
that15330WDTthat
would15331MDwould
be15332VBbe
a15333DTa
...15334:...
a15335DTa
disincentive15336NNdisincentive
to15337TOto
entering15338VVGenter
into15339INinto
a15340DTa
...15341:...
a15342DTa
plea15343NNplea
bargain15344NNbargain
if15345INif
he15346PPhe
can15347MDcan
...15348:...
if15349INif
he15350PPhe
can15351MDcan
just15352RBjust
be15353VBbe
subject15354JJsubject
to15355TOto
prosecution15356NNprosecution
by15357INby
another15358DTanother
sovereign15359NNsovereign
for15360INfor
the15361DTthe
same15362JJsame
conduct15363NNconduct
.15364SENT.
[MR. HAWKINS]15365LOC[MR. HAWKINS]
Your15366PP$your
Honor15367NPHonor
,15368,,
I15369PPI
suppose15370VVPsuppose
that15371IN/thatthat
may15372MDmay
be15373VBbe
theoretically15374RBtheoretically
true15375JJtrue
,15376,,
but15377CCbut
,15378,,
as15379INas
my15380PP$my
friend15381NNfriend
from15382INfrom
the15383DTthe
federal15384JJfederal
government15385NNgovernment
indicated15386VVDindicate
,15387,,
we15388PPwe
do15389VVPdo
n't15390RBn't
have15391VHhave
any15392DTany
evidence15393NNevidence
that15394IN/thatthat
that15395DTthat
's15396VBZbe
the15397DTthe
case15398NNcase
,15399,,
and15400CCand
I15401PPI
do15402VVPdo
n't15403RBn't
believe15404VVbelieve
that15405IN/thatthat
Petitioner15406NNpetitioner
has15407VHZhave
pointed15408VVNpoint
to15409TOto
any15410DTany
.15411SENT.
As15412RBas
was15413VBDbe
discussed15414VVNdiscuss
earlier15415RBRearlier
,15416,,
we15417PPwe
could15418MDcould
also15419RBalso
see15420VVsee
this15421DTthis
play15422NNplay
out15423INout
as15424INas
to15425TOto
foreign15426JJforeign
prosecutions15427NNSprosecution
.15428SENT.
Imagine15429VVimagine
a15430DTa
situation15431NNsituation
involving15432VVGinvolve
a15433DTa
international15434JJinternational
drug15435NNdrug
lord15436NNlord
,15437,,
a15438DTa
Pablo15439NPPablo
Escobar15440NPEscobar
type15441NNtype
,15442,,
for15443INfor
example15444NNexample
.15445SENT.
Suppose15446VVsuppose
that15447IN/thatthat
Florida15448NPFlorida
could15449MDcould
show15450VVshow
that15451IN/thatthat
this15452DTthis
individual15453NNindividual
had15454VHDhave
trafficked15455VVNtraffic
large15456JJlarge
amounts15457NNSamount
of15458INof
drugs15459NNSdrug
into15460INinto
the15461DTthe
State15462NPState
of15463INof
Florida15464NPFlorida
and15465CCand
devastated15466JJdevastated
local15467JJlocal
Florida15468NPFlorida
communities15469NNScommunity
.15470SENT.
Well15471UHwell
,15472,,
if15473INif
a15474DTa
local15475JJlocal
Medellin15476NPMedellin
prosecutor15477NNprosecutor
and15478CCand
a15479DTa
local15480JJlocal
Medellin15481NPMedellin
jury15482NNjury
were15483VBDbe
to15484TOto
try15485VVtry
and15486CCand
either15487RBeither
acquit15488VVacquit
Escobar15489NPEscobar
or15490CCor
potentially15491RBpotentially
give15492VVgive
him15493PPhim
a15494DTa
light15495JJlight
sentence15496NNsentence
or15497CCor
something15498NNsomething
like15499VVPlike
that15500IN/thatthat
,15501,,
that15502WDTthat
would15503MDwould
,15504,,
under15505INunder
Petitioner15506NNpetitioner
's15507POS's
theory15508NNtheory
,15509,,
forever15510RBforever
prevent15511VVprevent
the15512DTthe
State15513NNstate
of15514INof
Florida15515NPFlorida
...15516:...
[JUSTICE GINSBURG]15517LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
Acquit15518VVacquit
of15519INof
conduct15520NNconduct
engaged15521VVNengage
in15522INin
Florida15523NPFlorida
?15524SENT?
[MR. HAWKINS]15525LOC[MR. HAWKINS]
Well15526UHWell
,15527,,
yes15528UHyes
,15529,,
Your15530PP$your
Honor15531NPHonor
,15532,,
if15533INif
...15534:...
if15535INif
there15536EXthere
were15537VBDbe
drugs15538NNSdrug
being15539VBGbe
trafficked15540VVNtraffic
by15541INby
the15542DTthe
...15543:...
by15544INby
Escobar15545NPEscobar
and15546CCand
a15547DTa
cartel15548NNcartel
into15549INinto
the15550DTthe
State15551NPState
of15552INof
Florida15553NPFlorida
,15554,,
that15555WDTthat
would15556MDwould
certainly15557RBcertainly
implicate15558VVimplicate
the15559DTthe
interests15560NNSinterest
of15561INof
Florida15562NPFlorida
.15563SENT.
And15564CCand
under15565INunder
Petitioner15566NNpetitioner
's15567POS's
theory15568NNtheory
...15569:...
[JUSTICE GINSBURG]15570LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
Yes15571NPYes
,15572,,
but15573CCbut
I15574PPI
asked15575VVDask
about15576INabout
the15577DTthe
Colombia15578NPColombia
?15579SENT?
If15580INif
the15581DTthe
crime15582NNcrime
is15583VBZbe
committed15584VVNcommit
in15585INin
Florida15586NPFlorida
against15587INagainst
Florida15588NPFlorida
residents15589NNSresident
...15590:...
[MR. HAWKINS]15591LOC[MR. HAWKINS]
Well15592UHWell
,15593,,
Your15594PP$your
Honor15595NPHonor
,15596,,
my15597PP$my
...15598:...
my15599PP$my
hypothetical15600JJhypothetical
I15601PPI
am15602VBPbe
making15603VVGmake
assumes15604VVZassume
that15605IN/thatthat
there15606EXthere
's15607VBZbe
some15608DTsome
sort15609NNsort
of15610INof
Colombian15611JJColombian
law15612NNlaw
against15613INagainst
trafficking15614VVGtraffick
drugs15615NNSdrug
out15616RPout
of15617INof
that15618DTthat
country15619NNcountry
into15620INinto
another15621DTanother
country15622NNcountry
.15623SENT.
We15624PPwe
can15625MDcan
certainly15626RBcertainly
imagine15627VVimagine
that15628WDTthat
being15629NNbeing
the15630DTthe
case15631NNcase
in15632INin
...15633:...
in15634INin
many15635JJmany
scenarios15636NNSscenario
.15637SENT.
Other15638JJother
practical15639JJpractical
concerns15640NNSconcern
that15641WDTthat
would15642MDwould
arise15643VVarise
,15644,,
as15645INas
my15646PP$my
friend15647NNfriend
from15648INfrom
the15649DTthe
...15650:...
the15651DTthe
Department15652NPDepartment
of15653INof
Justice15654NPJustice
indicated15655VVDindicate
,15656,,
would15657MDwould
involve15658VVinvolve
races15659NNSrace
to15660TOto
the15661DTthe
courthouse15662NNcourthouse
and15663CCand
competition15664NNcompetition
between15665INbetween
states15666NNSstate
and15667CCand
the15668DTthe
federal15669JJfederal
government15670NNgovernment
,15671,,
rather15672RBrather
than15673INthan
cooperation15674NNcooperation
,15675,,
all15676RBall
to15677TOto
the15678DTthe
detriment15679NNdetriment
of15680INof
law15681NNlaw
enforcement15682NNenforcement
.15683SENT.
And15684CCand
even15685RBeven
setting15686VVGset
aside15687RPaside
these15688DTthese
practical15689JJpractical
problems15690NNSproblem
,15691,,
there15692EXthere
are15693VBPbe
a15694DTa
number15695NNnumber
of15696INof
other15697JJother
concerns15698NNSconcern
that15699DTthat
Petitioner15700NNpetitioner
's15701POS's
view15702NNview
would15703MDwould
raise15704VVraise
.15705SENT.
First15706RBfirst
,15707,,
under15708INunder
Petitioner15709NNpetitioner
's15710POS's
view15711NNview
,15712,,
courts15713NNScourt
around15714INaround
this15715DTthis
country15716NNcountry
would15717MDwould
be15718VBbe
for15719INfor
the15720DTthe
first15721JJfirst
time15722NNtime
asked15723VVDask
to15724TOto
apply15725VVapply
Blockburger15726NPBlockburger
across15727INacross
the15728DTthe
federal15729JJfederal
and15730CCand
state15731NNstate
divide15732NNdivide
.15733SENT.
That15734DTthat
is15735VBZbe
no15736DTno
easy15737JJeasy
thing15738NNthing
to15739TOto
do15740VVdo
.15741SENT.
This15742DTthis
Court15743NPCourt
has15744VHZhave
experienced15745VVNexperience
a15746DTa
taste15747NNtaste
of15748INof
that15749DTthat
in15750INin
its15751PP$its
Armed15752NPArmed
Career15753NPCareer
Criminal15754NPCriminal
Act15755NPAct
jurisprudence15756NNjurisprudence
where15757WRBwhere
the15758DTthe
Court15759NPCourt
has15760VHZhave
tried15761VVNtry
to15762TOto
do15763VVdo
something15764NNsomething
similar15765JJsimilar
to15766TOto
that15767DTthat
,15768,,
has15769VHZhave
developed15770VVNdevelop
the15771DTthe
modified15772JJmodified
categorical15773JJcategorical
approach15774NNapproach
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[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]15996LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
Thank15997VVthank
you15998PPyou
,15999,,
counsel16000NNcounsel
.16001SENT.
[MR. HAWKINS]16002LOC[MR. HAWKINS]
Thank16003VVthank
you16004PPyou
,16005,,
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.16008SENT.
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]16009LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
Mr16010NPMr
.16011SENT.
Chaiten16012NPChaiten
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.16017SENT.
[MR. CHAITEN]16018LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
I16019PPI
...16020:...
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,16034,,
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...16364:...
[JUSTICE ALITO]16365LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
Do16366VVPdo
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Miranda16382NPMiranda
rule16383NNrule
?16384SENT?
[MR. CHAITEN]16385LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
Well16386UHWell
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...16389:...
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[JUSTICE ALITO]16433LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
So16434INso
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...16440:...
[MR. CHAITEN]16441LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
...16442:...
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[JUSTICE ALITO]16446LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
...16447:...
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?16498SENT?
[MR. CHAITEN]16499LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
Your16500PP$your
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I16513PPI
am16514VBPbe
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.16521SENT.
[JUSTICE BREYER]16522LOC[JUSTICE BREYER]
Reliance16523NPReliance
...16524:...
[MR. CHAITEN]16525LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
This16526DTthis
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...16530:...
[JUSTICE BREYER]16531LOC[JUSTICE BREYER]
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mean16533VVPmean
,16534,,
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X16595NNX
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[MR. CHAITEN]16650LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
Yeah16651UHYeah
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I16682PPI
...16683:...
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[JUSTICE BREYER]16690LOC[JUSTICE BREYER]
You16691PPyou
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[MR. CHAITEN]16695LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
...16696:...
I16697PPI
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[JUSTICE BREYER]16705LOC[JUSTICE BREYER]
No16706NPNo
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[MR. CHAITEN]16746LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
Well16747UHwell
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I16770PPI
...16771:...
I16772PPI
...16773:...
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I16775PPI
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.16819SENT.
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.16826SENT.
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I16828PPI
...16829:...
I16830PPI
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's16835VBZbe
a16836DTa
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.16839SENT.
And16840CCand
then16841RBthen
...16842:...
[JUSTICE ALITO]16843LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
And16844CCand
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...16859:...
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,16872,,
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...16875:...
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,16882,,
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,16898,,
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Eighth16901JJeighth
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,16903,,
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unusual16908JJunusual
punishment16909NNpunishment
.16910SENT.
And16911CCand
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any16913DTany
of16914INof
those16915DTthose
was16916VBDbe
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,16918,,
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...16925:...
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a16930DTa
reliance16931NNreliance
,16932,,
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a16937DTa
...16938:...
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a16947DTa
...16948:...
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individual16952JJindividual
right16953NNright
,16954,,
we16955PPwe
put16956VVDput
stare16957NNstare
decisis16958NNdecisis
aside16959RBaside
?16960SENT?
[MR. CHAITEN]16961LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
I'm16962NPI'm
...16963:...
so16964RBso
I16965PPI
'm16966VBPbe
not16967RBnot
...16968:...
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that16972WDTthat
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.16979SENT.
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.16984SENT.
What16985WPWhat
I16986PPI
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will16997MDwill
not16998RBnot
...16999:...
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]17000LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
But17001CCbut
you17002PPyou
...17003:...
[MR. CHAITEN]17004LOC[MR. CHAITEN]
...17005:...
we17006PPwe
will17007MDwill
not17008RBnot
rely17009VVrely
on17010INon
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in17012INin
the17013DTthe
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of17015INof
an17016DTan
unconstitutional17017JJunconstitutional
law17018NNlaw
enforcement17019NNenforcement
practice17020NNpractice
.17021SENT.
Thank17022VVthank
you17023PPyou
,17024,,
Mr17025NPMr
.17026SENT.
Chief17027NPChief
Justice17028NPJustice
.17029SENT.
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]17030LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
Thank17031VVthank
you17032PPyou
,17033,,
counsel17034NNcounsel
.17035SENT.
The17036DTthe
case17037NNcase
is17038VBZbe
submitted17039VVNsubmit
.17040SENT.