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TERRY v. UNITED STATES 

Opinion of SOTOMAYOR, J. 

actually had to apply the statute, demonstrate that the Fair
Sentencing  Act  amendments  have  a  meaningful  effect  on
the  sentences  that  defendants  receive  under  §841(b)—
including  for  defendants  sentenced  under  subsection
(b)(1)(C)”  as  career  offenders.    Brief  for  Retired  Federal 
Judges et al. as Amici Curiae 15. 

There  is  no  apparent  reason  that  career  offenders  sen-
tenced under subparagraph (C) should be left to serve out 
sentences that were unduly influenced by the 100-to-1 ra-
tio.  Indeed, the bipartisan lead sponsors of the First Step
Act have urged this Court to hold that the Act “makes ret-
roactive relief broadly available to all individuals sentenced
for crack-cocaine offenses before the Fair Sentencing Act.”
Brief for Sen. Richard Durbin et al. as Amici Curiae 11.  Un-
fortunately,  the  text  will  not  bear  that  reading.    Fortu-
nately, Congress has numerous tools to right this injustice.