Congressional Digest

Supreme Court Debates January 2019 No. 1 Vol. 22
Senator Orrin Hatch (UT-R), Amicus Curiae

Double Jeopardy

Constitutional Limits on Multiple Prosecutions

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Senator Orrin Hatch (UT-R), Amicus Curiae

Adam G. Unikowsky, Counsel of Record

Orrin Hatch is the senior U.S. senator from the State of Utah. He was first elected in 1976. He is the former chair of the House Judiciary Committee. Adam G. Unikowsky is a partner with the law firm Jenner & Block, where he specializes in patent, telecommunications, and securities law. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for Petitioner as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on September 11, 2018. This Court has previously upheld the dual sovereignty doctrine, which allows consecutive prosecutions for the same crime by a State and the Federal Government without violating the Fifth…

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