Legal Opinion
United States v. Hatch
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 3, 2013No. 12-2040PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge.
Three New Mexico men kidnaped a disabled Navajo man and branded a swastika into his arm. The United States charged the assailants with committing a hate crime under the recently enacted Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, Pub.L. No. 111-84, Div. E, 123 Stat. 2835 (2009), codified in relevant part at 18 U.S.C. § 249. As relevant here, the Hate Crimes Act makes it a felony to physically attack a person because of that person’s race.
The three assailants contended in district court that the Hate Crimes Act is unconstitutional, claiming Congress…
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