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Type
Opinion
Author
Raymond M. Kethledge
Filed
July 10, 2019
Case
United States v. Diego Lopez
Case status
Decided

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KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judge. The Executive cannot render unconstitutionally vague a statute that Congress enacted as clear. Here, the government charged Diego Lopez with possessing a *785 firearm as an alien "illegally or unlawfully in the United States[.]"…

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