Legal Opinion

Iancu v. Brunetti

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided June 24, 2019No. 18-302Published

1Concurring in part, dissenting in part · BreyerJustice Breyer

Our precedents warn us against interpreting statutes in ways that would likely render them unconstitutional. Virginia v. American Booksellers Assn., Inc. , 484 U.S. 383, 397, 108 S.Ct. 636, 98 L.Ed.2d 782 (1988) (noting that a law "will be upheld" if it is " 'readily susceptible' to a narrowing construction that would make it constitutional"); United States v. 12 200-ft. Reels of Super 8MM. Film , 413 U.S. 123, 130, n. 7, 93 S.Ct. 2665, 37 L.Ed.2d 500 (1973) (noting our "duty" to adopt a " 'fairly possible' " construction by which constitutional doubts " 'may be avoided' " (quoting United…

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2Cases cited60 opinions

  1. Ward v. Rock Against RacismSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  2. Miller v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. Perry Education Ass'n v. Perry Local Educators' Ass'nSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  4. Chaplinsky v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  5. Stern v. MarshallSupreme Court of the United States · 2011

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