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precedent. this is the fifth amendment s right against double jeopardy, i think everybody understands that, you can t be that that means you can t be tried twice for the same crime. but there s always been an exception that the courts have recognized, saying that you can be charged for the same crime once in state court and again in federal court. that s what happened to a georgia man who was charged with a gun violation by the state, got a year sentence. then the feds filed exactly the same charge for exactly the same offense under federal law and got a three-year sentence. he said that s not fair, that violates double jeopardy. the courts have long said that it doesn t violate double jeopardy because the state and federal governments are, in the words of the courts, dual sovereigns. it doesn t count what one does in the courts of the other. this was a 7-2 vote, justice ginsburg said that doesn t make sense, there s a whole usa and that s what we ought to consider. this goes back to

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