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May 1, 2015

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"A fish is, of course, a discrete thing that possesses physical form. See generally Dr. Seuss 'One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish' (1960)."

-U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, asserting in her dissent in Yates v. United States (135 S. Ct. 1074 (2015)) that fish are tangible objects. The majority found that a fisherman wasn't tampering with evidence when he threw back grouper he'd caught illegally; unde...

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