06-21-2019, 09:22 AM
(06-20-2019, 06:43 PM)6andcounting Wrote: I'm not in favor of prosecutors extending their power beyond what the law grants them, but that's the grey area. I'm okay with the logic of Congress passes a law and the AG enforces it and the court ruled that's what happened in this case.
(06-20-2019, 07:02 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Are you sure it's talking about an expansion of powers? I read it as they were upholding an Attorney General's interpretation of a law.
These are the "grey areas" that the SCOUTUS has to deal with.
Lawyers have a saying the "bad facts can make bad law". Because the facts in this case dealt with sex offenders everyone seems to be on the side of the AG, but next time it may not be so clear. For example, if the AG had "added" terms to a law on gun control that the Congress had not included many people might be on the other side.
