Supreme Court affirms longstanding rule allowing individuals to be prosecuted by states and federal government for the same offense

In a 7-2 ruling, over dissents from Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Neil Gorsuch, the justices affirmed the so-called "dual sovereignty" exception to the Constitution's double jeopardy clause.
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