United States v. Miranda-Lopez

This case surely proves Justice Johnson’s maxim: “One half the doubts in life arise from the defects of language.” Gibbons v. Ogden, 22 U.S. (9 Wheat.) 1, 232, 6 L.Ed. 23 (1824). I agree with much that the majority has written.1 I agree, for example, that 18 U.S.C. § 1028A(a)(l) is capable of multiple, reasonable interpretations. I further agree that the legislative history provides few clues for resolving the ambiguity. Compare United States v. Villanueva-Sotelo, 515 F.3d 1234, 1243-46 (D.C.Cir.2008) with id at 1252-55 (Henderson, J., dissenting). If I stopped reading the statute where the…