Legal Opinion
United States v. Bronstein
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided December 22, 2015No. Case No. 15-cr-00048 (CRC)PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
CHRISTOPHER R. COOPER, United States District Judge
As James Madison observed long ago, “no language is so- copious as to supply words and phrases for every complex idea, or so correct as not to include many equivocally denoting different ideas.” The Federalist No. 47, at 225 (James Madison) (C. Rossiter ed., 1963). Legislatures at all levels have powerfully confirmed Madison’s insight. Yet even if some imprecision must be tolerated in the vast web of statutes that govern our daily lives, the criminal law must be sufficiently definite to provide fair notice to those it would…
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3Cited by3 opinions
- United States v. David BronsteinCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2017
- United States v. CaputoDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2016
- United States v. CapotoDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2016