Puerto Rico v. Sanchez Valle

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 2016-06-09

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Justice THOMAS, concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. The Court today concludes that the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the United States are not separate sovereigns because the Federal Government is the ultimate source of Puerto Rico’s authority to prosecute crimes. Ante, at 1876. I agree with that holding, which hews to the Court’s precedents concerning the Double Jeopardy Clause a…

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