Bell v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1955-05-09

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Mr. Justice Minton, with whom The Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Reed join, dissenting. The statute does not seem ambiguous to me. Congress made it clear enough for me to understand that it was trying to help the States as far as it could to stamp out the degradation and debauchery of women by punishing those who engaged in using them for prostitution. The only way Congress could do t…

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