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First Circuit· 6/8/2022

United States v. Diggins

Citations

  • 36 F.4th 302

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • analyzing 5 congressional enforcement under the Thirteenth Amendment’s Enabling Clause, and holding the 6 Hate Crimes Prevention Act to be constitutional enforcement
  • joining other circuits in holding that “neither Shelby County nor Flores addressed Congress’s power to legislate under the Thirteenth Amendment”
  • “We have repeatedly made clear that a party waives an argument when it ‘neither develops the argument nor accompanies it with even a shred of authority.’” (quoting United States v. González, 981 F.3d 11, 23 (1st Cir. 2020), cert denied, 141 S. Ct. 1710 (2021))
  • referring to § 30501 as Congress’s “legislative findings”
  • referring to § 30501 as Congress’s “legislative findings”

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