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"When there is genuine uncertainty as to the meaning of a law, judges help safeguard liberty by applying a narrow reading to avoid criminalizing conduct not clearly marked out as such. That is what the court did today." My take on J6 rioter case Fischer v. U.S. www.cato.org/blog/fischer...

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"Today’s reading will result in the narrowing of some charges against [some] January 6 defendants. In no way, however, should it be viewed as a license for lawlessness. In nearly all cases, especially the serious ones, the rioters face other charges not at issue here." /2, end

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