The Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal from a convicted methamphetamine distributor who argues that he was improperly denied relief under the Trump-era First Step Act. The court granted the petition in an unsigned order on Feb. 27. No justices dissented from the order. The First Step Act, a bipartisan measure approved by Congress…
Low-level Crack Offenders Are Not Covered Under First Step Act, Says Unanimous Supreme Court
Low-level crack cocaine defendants are not included in the Trump-era First Step Act that reduced some prison sentences, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously this morning. The court’s opinion in Terry v. U.S., court file 20-5904, written by Justice Clarence Thomas, is a defeat for the Biden administration which had argued such offenders should be covered…
Low-Level Crack Offenders Are Not Covered Under First Step Act, Unanimous Supreme Court Says
Low-level crack cocaine defendants are not included in the Trump-era First Step Act that reduced some prison sentences, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously. The court’s opinion in Terry v. U.S., court file 20-5904, written by Justice Clarence Thomas, is a defeat for the Biden administration, which had argued that such offenders should be covered under…
Crack Cocaine Offender’s Bid for Leniency Receives Cool Reception From Supreme Court
Low-level crack cocaine defendants should benefit from a 2018 federal law that reduced prison sentences for certain offenses, the Biden administration told largely unreceptive members of the Supreme Court May 4. Although then-President Donald Trump signed the criminal justice reform measure known as the First Step Act into law, his administration held the view that…
Biden DOJ Reverses Position on Crack Cocaine Appeal Before Supreme Court
Low-level crack cocaine defendants should benefit from a 2018 federal law that reduced prison sentences for certain offenses, the Biden administration advised the Supreme Court, distancing itself from a more hardline position taken by the Trump administration. Although then-President Donald Trump signed the criminal justice reform measure known as the First Step Act into law,…
Video: The Inside Story of How the First Step Act Was Passed—Doug Deason
March 13, 2021
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At the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), we sit down with Doug Deason, a conservative activist and donor as well the founder of the Deason Foundation, to discuss his work advocating for criminal justice reform, and the inside story of how the First Step Act passed. American Thought Leaders is an Epoch Times show available…
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