Supreme Court of the United States
Shular v. United States
The Court
The Supreme Court sits as a whole rather than in panels.
- Chief Justice of the United States John Glover Roberts Jr.
- Justice Clarence Thomas
- Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Justice Stephen Gerald Breyer
- Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.
- Justice Sonia Sotomayor
- Justice Elena Kagan
- Justice Neil M. Gorsuch
- Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh
Computed by Benchlight The Supreme Court publishes no panel, because every participating justice takes part. Benchlight therefore lists the justices commissioned and in active service on Feb. 26, 2020, from Federal Judicial Center service records. Recusals are shown only where the source records them, so a justice who did not participate may still appear here.
Case history
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Feb. 26, 2020decided Decision issued in Shular v. United States
Opinions and writings
Justice GINSBURG delivered the opinion of the Court. *782The Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), mandates a 15-year minimum sentence of imprisonment for certain defendants with prior convictions for a "serious…
Justice KAVANAUGH, concurring. I join the Court's opinion in full. In Part III-E of the opinion, the Court rejects Shular's argument for applying the rule of lenity. I write separately to elaborate on why the rule of lenity does not apply here. This Court's longstanding precedents establish that the rule of lenity applies when two conditions are met. First , as the Court today says and…