Thaddeus Fletcher v. District of Columbia

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• holding that parole guidelines are subject to the Ex Post Facto Clause
• “The Supreme Court [in Garner] thus foreclosed our categorical distinction between a measure with the force of law and guidelines [that] are merely policy statements from which the Commission may depart in its discretion.”
• “The Supreme Court [in Gamer ] . thus foreclosed, our categorical distinction between a measure with the force of law and guidelines [that] are merely policy statements from which the Commission may depart in its discretion.”

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