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Hiring a hit man is not a crime of violence -- even in cases where the killer fulfills his contract and his employer is convicted in the conspiracy, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this week.
In a unanimous decision, a three-judge panel vacated two felony convictions that stemmed from a pair of contract killings negotiated to settle an oil well dispute in North Dakota.
The court found that although trucking and drilling magnate James Henrikson had paid Timothy Suckow tens of…

Hiring a hit man isn't always a 'crime of violence,' the 9th Circuit rules
A federal appeals court has issued a ruling that sounds absurd on its face: arranging a contract killing is not automatically a 'crime of violence' under federal law. The decision, which threw out several convictions of a notorious murder-for-hire defendant, is a case study in how a technical legal test can collide with common sense.

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is moving
to place its private detention network beyond the reach of state inspectors,
publishing draft contract terms that declare state and local laws
“shall not apply” to the facilities, according to federal documents reviewed by WIRED.
The new terms were published earlier this month,
a day after a federal judge ruled that a contract cannot override state law and ordered ICE’s largest Pacific Northwest detention center o…

ICE’s New Detention Center Contracts Declare State Laws ‘Shall Not Apply’
One day after a federal judge ordered an ICE detention center opened to state health inspectors, the agency posted new contract terms that would void state oversight at four facilities.

"the Constitution is a “contract between the states and the federal government for the benefit of the public,” and Article II serves as a contract for the president’s employment.

“[Trump is] an employee, and if employees are doing things that are contrary to their obligations, then they're subject to discipline, including termination”
Scheme hatched to haul Trump out of office as top lawyers zero in on under-the-radar law - Raw Story
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