Epstein Secrets

mployed in a statute which had at the time a well-known meaning ... in the law of this country, they are presumed to have been used in that sense," Standard Oil Co. v. United States, 221 U.S. 1, 59 (1911), § 2255's reference to "legal disability" can only be interpreted as a reference to classic disabilities li

e of an antecedent criminal conviction. Given that "Congress is understood to legislate against a background of common-law adjudicatory principles," Astoria Fed. Say. & Loan Assn. v. Solimino, 501 U.S. 104, 108 (1991), "the courts may take it as given that Congress has legislated with an expectation that th

mployed in a statute which had at the time a well-known meaning ... in the law of this country, they are presumed to have been used in that sense," Standard Oil Co. v. United States, 221 U.S. 1, 59 (1911), § 2255's reference to "legal disability" can only be interpreted as a reference to classic disabilities li

e of an antecedent criminal conviction. Given that "Congress is understood to legislate against a background of common-law adjudicatory principles," Astoria Fed. Say. & Loan Assn. v. Solimino, 501 U.S. 104, 108 (1991), "the courts may take it as given that Congress has legislated with an expectation that th

mployed in a statute which had at the time a well-known meaning ... in the law of this country, they are presumed to have been used in that sense," Standard Oil Co. v. United States, 221 U.S. 1, 59 (1911), § 2255's reference to "legal disability" can only be interpreted as a reference to classic disabilities li

e of an antecedent criminal conviction. Given that "Congress is understood to legislate against a background of common-law adjudicatory principles," Astoria Fed. Say. & Loan Assn. v. Solimino, 501 U.S. 104, 108 (1991), "the courts may take it as given that Congress has legislated with an expectation that th

mployed in a statute which had at the time a well-known meaning ... in the law of this country, they are presumed to have been used in that sense," Standard Oil Co. v. United States, 221 U.S. 1, 59 (1911), § 2255's reference to "legal disability" can only be interpreted as a reference to classic disabilities li

e of an antecedent criminal conviction. Given that "Congress is understood to legislate against a background of common-law adjudicatory principles," Astoria Fed. Say. & Loan Assn. v. Solimino, 501 U.S. 104, 108 (1991), "the courts may take it as given that Congress has legislated with an expectation that th

mployed in a statute which had at the time a well-known meaning ... in the law of this country, they are presumed to have been used in that sense," Standard Oil Co. v. United States, 221 U.S. 1, 59 (1911), § 2255's reference to "legal disability" can only be interpreted as a reference to classic disabilities li

e of an antecedent criminal conviction. Given that "Congress is understood to legislate against a background of common-law adjudicatory principles," Astoria Fed. Say. & Loan Assn. v. Solimino, 501 U.S. 104, 108 (1991), "the courts may take it as given that Congress has legislated with an expectation that th