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Amid overdose crisis, court will weigh physician intent in “pill mill” prosecutions and more under the Controlled Substances Act

SCOTUSBlog

The government, in turn, focuses on the structure of the CSA — the words denoting mens rea, “knowingly or intentionally,” come after the exception clause at issue and so, the government argues, do not apply to it. Medicine, they contend, is by nature iterative, and the science of pain medicine in particular continues to evolve. (As

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SCOTUS dispatch: government lawyer grilled for an hour on meaning of federal corruption statute

JURIST

I feel like we’re in a Senate room drafting language [of a statute]. “Corruptly” as a consciousness of wrongdoing has never been the mens rea for bribery. Of course it was contested. The whole argument was this was a legitimate consulting agreement.

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Last-chance Hearing: Jan. 6 Committee Has Yet To Establish A Criminal Case Against Trump

JonathanTurley

Yet the last hearing seemed to focus on a number of things that did not occur, from a draft tweet that was not sent to an executive order that was never signed. It is the type of evidence used to show mens rea — “guilty mind.” He did not take action to stop the violence.”.

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A Case of Hope Over Experience: The J6 Referral Falls Short of a Credible Criminal Case

JonathanTurley

Yet the last hearing seemed to focus on a number of things that did not occur, from a draft tweet that was not sent to an executive order that was never signed. That is a far cry from evidence showing mens rea — “guilty mind.” Instead, much of the evidence cited what an official failed to do.