High Court Told 'Crime Of Violence' Unconstitutionally Vague

By Kelly Knaub (December 15, 2016, 5:32 PM EST) -- A Filipino immigrant who was convicted of first-degree burglary and ordered deported urged the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday to uphold a Ninth Circuit ruling that the Constitution's "prohibition of vagueness in criminal statutes" applies to statutory provisions used to deport immigrants convicted of violent crimes, saying the appeals court got it right....

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