04-17-2018, 09:15 PM
(04-17-2018, 06:48 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: My understanding is that the position of Gorsuch was that the law stated the deportations would be for violence and then they were trying to put burglary within the definition of violent crime within the application of the law. His contention was that because the penalty was severe -- liberty among the life, liberty, and property line -- there needs to be more specificity within the law for it to pass constitutional muster.
I literally just attended an LEO training on street and prison gangs today. One of the major topics was the proliferation of knock knock burglaries. One of the main reasons they are so prolific, aside from the money made doing them, is that burglary is a non-violent crime, thus the sentencing for committing them, especially in CA is light. All it takes is for one person to be home and you have a life threatening situation on your hands, possibly escalating to a home invasion. One law that needs to be amended in a huge way is categorizing burglaries as a violent crime due to the inherent risks in committing them.
As to the topic, good for the SCOTUS, vague and ill defined laws are useless and ripe for abuse. Write clear legislation with input from those that will actually have to enforce the law and prosecute violators.
