Important Supreme Court Argument Tomorrow!

Tomorrow, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two important cases:  Dorsey v. United States (11-5683) and Hill v. United States (11-5721).

The two cases will resolve a question that cropped up after the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 (FSA) became law on August 3, 2010. Should crack offenders who committed their crimes before that date -- but got sentenced after it -- be sentenced under the old, unjust crack law, or the new, improved one? The answer could mean much fairer sentences for a small group of federal crack offenders, so FAMM filed a "friend of the court" brief arguing that the offenders in question should get the benefit of the FSA.

We'll be at the Court tomorrow, following the arguments, and will have an update on our website posted later that day. The Court will issue its decisions on the cases sometime before June 1, so keep checking our website for news on the outcome, courtwatchers.