Iancu v. Brunetti
Supreme Court of the United States
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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- Chaplinsky v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Stern v. MarshallSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
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