Document: 518 U.S. 37116 S.Ct 2013135 L.Ed.2d 361 MONTANAv.EGELHOFFCertiorari to the Supreme Court of Montana. No. 95-566. Argued March 20, 1996 Decided June 13, Syllabus On trial for two counts deliberate homicide-defined by Montana law as "purposely" or "knowingly" causing another's death-respondent claimed that extreme intoxication had rendered him physically incapable committing murders and accounted his inability recall events night in question. After being instructed, pursuant Mont. Code Ann. Section(s) 45-2-203, respondent's "intoxicated condition'' could not be considered ``in determining existence a mental state which is an element offense," jury found respondent guilty. In reversing, reasoned right, under Due Process Clause, present have consider ``all relevant evidence'' rebut State's evidence on all elements offense charged, voluntary was ``clearly relevant'' issue whether he acted knowingly purposely. Because 45-2-203 prevented from considering evidence, court concluded State been relieved part its burden proof therefore denied due process. Held: The judgment reversed. 272 114, 900 P. 2d 260, Justice Scalia, joined Chief Justice, Kennedy, Thomas, does violate Clause. Pp. 3-19. (a) Court's proposition Clause guarantees right introduce indefensible. See, e.g., Taylor v. Illinois, 484 U. S. 400, 410; Fed. Rule Evid. 403; 802. place limits upon restriction but only where ``offends some principle justice so rooted traditions conscience our people ranked fundamental.'' See Patterson New York, 432 197, 201-202. Respondent has failed meet heavy establishing defendant's possesses requisite "fundamental justice." primary guide making such determination, historical practice, gives little support. It firmly established at common provided neither ``excuse'' nor ``justification'' crimes; law's stern rejection inebriation defense must understood also precluding defendant arguing that, because intoxication, possessed mens rea necessary commit crime. justifications this common-law rule persist day, strengthened modern research. Although allowing gained considerable acceptance since 19th century, it too recent vintage, received sufficiently uniform permanent allegiance qualify fundamental, especially displaces lengthy tradition remains supported valid justifications. 3-13. (b) None cases Montana's conclusion purportedly rested undermines can limit introduction ``valid'' reason, has. bar States changes their criminal effect easier prosecution obtain convictions. McMillan Pennsylvania, 477 79, 89, n. 5. 14-19. Ginsburg should categorized simply evidentiary rule. Rather, embodies legislative regarding circumstances individuals may held criminally responsible actions. provision judges equally culpable person who commits act stone sober, one engages same conduct after reduced actor's capacity self-control. Comprehended measure redefining rea, encounters no constitutional shoal. broad authority define offenses light evolving perceptions extent moral culpability prerequisite conviction Defining eliminate exculpatory value offend fundamental justice, given tradition, adherence significant minority position today. 1-5. J., announced delivered opinion, Rehnquist, C. Kennedy JJ., joined. Ginsburg, filed opinion concurring judgment. O'Connor, dissenting Stevens, Souter, Breyer, opinion. NOTICE: This subject formal revision before publication preliminary print United Reports. Readers are requested notify Reporter Decisions, States, Washington, D.C. 20543, any typographical other errors, order corrections made goes press. Scalia Thomas join. 1 We case violated Annotated provides, part, "may taken into consideration [a criminal] offense." I. 2 July 1992, while camping out Yaak region northwestern pick mushrooms, friends with Roberta Pavola John Christenson, were doing same. Sunday, 12, three sold mushrooms they collected spent rest day evening drinking, bars private party Troy, Some time 9 p.m., left Christenson's 1974 Ford Galaxy station wagon. drinking binge apparently continued, seen buying beer 9:20 p.m. recalled "sitting hill bank passing bottle Black Velvet back forth" Christenson. 118, 262 (1995). 3 At about midnight night, officers Lincoln County, Montana, sheriff's department, responding reports possible drunk driver, discovered wagon stuck ditch along Highway 2. front seat each dead single gunshot head. rear car lay respondent, alive yelling obscenities. His blood-alcohol content measured .36 percent over hour later. floor car, near brake pedal, .38 caliber handgun, four loaded rounds empty casings; residue hands. 4 charged homicide, crime defined death another human being. 45-5-102 A portion charge, uncontested here, instructed "[a] acts purposely when conscious object engage nature cause result," aware constitutes crime; or, there exists high probability will specific result." App. Pet. Cert. 28a-29a. Respondent's unidentified fourth committed murders; own claimed, murders, 12. allowed make use intoxicated, (1995), condition . 29a. guilty both counts, sentenced 84 years' imprisonment. 5 (1) "had process charged," Mont., 125, 2d, 266, (2) "clear[ly] [respondent] purposely," id., 122, 265. regard issue, "relieved prove beyond reasonable doubt every fact constitute 124, granted certiorari. 516 ___ II. 6 cornerstone "all charged." 266 (emphasis added). defend categorical rule; acknowledges "has viewed absolute." Brief 31. That wise concession, As we said: "The accused unfettered offer [evidence] incompetent, privileged, otherwise inadmissible standard rules evidence." 410 (1988). Relevant may, example, excluded account failure comply procedural requirements. Michigan Lucas, 500 145, 151 (1991). And number familiar unquestionably authorize exclusion evidence. For Federal (and Montana) Evidence 403 provides: "Although relevant, if probative substantially outweighed danger unfair prejudice, confusion issues, misleading jury, considerations undue delay, waste time, needless presentation cumulative evidence" Hearsay rules, see 802, similarly prohibit testimony which, though deemed insufficiently reliable.1 Of course, say absolute places right. But asserting sustain usual claim entails: 7 "[P]reventing dealing much more business than Government, lightly construe Constitution intrude administration individual States. Among things, normally `within power regulate procedures laws carried out,' decision proscription unless `it offends fundamental.'" 201-202 (1977) (citations omitted). 8 Cooper Oklahoma, 517 ___, (1996) (slip op., 6) (applying test); Marshall Lonberger, 459 422, 438, (1983) ("the permit federal courts finely tuned review wisdom rules"). task, then, establish Our question is, practice. Medina California, 505 437, 446 (1992). Here By England, wrote Hale, intoxicated "shall privilege voluntarly contracted madness, shall senses." M. Pleas Crown *32-33. According Blackstone Coke, condemnation those suffering dementia affectata harsher still: Blackstone, citing explained "as aggravation offence, rather excuse misbehaviour." W. Commentaries *25-26. became fixture early American well. editors 1847 edition Hale wrote: "Drunkenness, said case, never ground palliate offence: merely speculative philosopher, argument counsel, obiter dictum judge, sound long maxim judicial policy, perhaps voice cannot found. adduced, decisions Courts first establishment government, would now land." supra, *32, 3. 10 foregoing passages Story rejected objection follows: 11 "This I ever remember contended, commission another. Drunkenness gross vice, contemplation learned my earlier studies, far murder, malignity." Cornell, 25 F. Cas. 650, 657-658 (No. 14,868) (CC R. 1820). 12 record leave room view "excuse" "justification" nonetheless show rea. Coke familiar, least, concept acknowledged drunkenness "deprive[s] men reason," *32; *25. inconceivable did realize offender's might impair ability form intent; note massive exception general disregard oversight. Hale's statement drunken offender senses" required exemplar cited *26, w, Serjeant Pollard's King's Bench Reniger Fogossa, Plowd. 1, 19, 75 Eng. Rep. 31 (K. B. 1550): "[I]f kills another, Felony, hanged it, yet through Ignorance, Understanding Memory; inasmuch Ignorance occasioned Act Folly, avoided privileged thereby" Beverley's Case, Co. 123b, 125a, 76 1118, 1123 (K.B. 1603) ("although drunk, non compos mentis, extenuate turn avail") added) (footnote 13 Against extensive decidedly against him, best available amicus conceded State: Over course carved traditional across-the-board offender, assessing needed requiring "specific intent." emergence new often traced 1819 English Holroyd reported "though crime, where, charge material premeditated done sudden heat impulse, [is] circumstance proper consideration." Russell, Crimes Misdemeanors *8 (citing King Grindley, Worcester Sum. Assizes 1819, MS). "slow take root," however, Hall, Intoxication Criminal Responsibility, 57 Harv. L. Rev. 1045, 1049 (1944), even England. Indeed, 1835 Carroll, Car. & 147, 173 64, 65 (N. P.), Park "retracted opinion" "there law." country, late 1858 Missouri speak categorically this: 14 "To look deliberation forethought man maddened vain, deprived deliberating faculties greater less extent; deprivation relieve responsibility diminish great majority crimes go unpunished. however doctrine law; maxims, based obviously true adhere." Cross, 27 Mo. 332, 338 (1858). 15 1878, Vermont upheld giving following instruction murder trial: 16 "`The without provocation although amounting frenzy, amounts construction conduct, legal inferences premeditation intent, affecting grade applicable entirely sober.'" Tatro, 50 Vt. 483, 487 (1878). 17 Harris D. 26-30 (1896); Flanigan People, 86 N. Y. 554, 559-560 (1881); Commonwealth Hawkins, 69 Mass. 463, 466 (1855); McCants, Spears 384, 391-395 (S. 1842). Eventually, won out, end most jurisdictions, capable forming intent charged. 1049; Hopt 104 631, 633-634 (1882) cases). 18 basis record, argues "[t]he old longer deeply Fourteenth Amendment ratified." National Association Defense Lawyers Amicus Curiae 23. questionable, need pursue point, mistakes inquiry. bears demonstrating "deeply rooted," procedure allegedly process) "`so S., 202. Thus, assuming adopted defends generally applied, cuts off what called fortiori favor State. "new law" rule-that intent-was (or become since) enshrined. 19 showing made. Instead continuing expect enjoys principle" status, find fully one-fifth either common-law" here recently abandoned it.2 Cf. (finding violation having pedigree whatever, adopted, very recently, states). Martin Ohio, 480 228, 236 (1987) ("We [two] Constitution"). 20 surprising many fast resurrected prohibiting determination justification3-which alone casts opposite principle." large crimes, violent offenders; studies put numbers half homicides, example. Third Special Report Congress Alcohol Health Secretary Health, Education, Welfare 64 (1978); Note, Abuse Law, 94 1660, 1681-1682 (1981). Disallowing increasing punishment unlawful state, thereby deters irresponsible behavior drunk. serves deterrent, ensuring controlling impulses voluntarily prison. finally, comports implements society's perception impaired consequences. McDaniel State, 356 So. 1151, 1160-1161 (Miss. 1978).4 21 There times, justification used be. suggest connection between cultural pharmacological-that drunks alcohol makes them way, behaving accord belief violent. Collins, Suggested Explanatory Frameworks Clarify Use/Violence Relationship, Contemp. Drug Prob. 107, 115 (1988); Critchlow, Powers Barleycorn, 41 Am. Psychologist 751, 754-755 (July 1986). adds additional support deserving exoneration, suggests juries-who possess offender-will quick accept biologically Treating matter excluding sense.5 22 sum, widespread experiment favorable defendants establishes justice. acceptance, today.6 III. 23 violates purported lines jurisprudence. First, derived requires admission Chambers Mississippi, 284, 294 (1973), essence, fair opportunity accusations." relies heavily statement, terms "the principle," 30. 24 [certain] critical coupled refusal [petitioner] cross-examine McDonald, standards process." 302. however: "In reaching judgment, principles law. Nor holding signal diminution respect traditionally accorded implementation procedures. hold quite facts rulings trial." Id., 302-303 26 words, exercise highly case-specific error correction. Chambers' denial motion treat adverse witness confessed trial, later retracted confession; exclusion, hearsay grounds, witnesses testify McDonald them. these erroneous, former McDonald's adverse, 297-298, second statements "were originally subsequently offered assurance reliability," 300, "well within basic rationale declarations interest," Chambers-if discerned fact-intensive case-is certainly "a accusations" whenever "critical excluded, erroneous can, combination, rise level violation. cites Crane Kentucky, 476 683 (1986), version "Chambers governs He highlights "an essential component fairness heard," effectively "if permitted exclude competent, reliable central innocence." 690; next sentence (which omits) perfectly clear setting forth entitlement crucial, evidence: absence justification, kind deprives prosecutor's encounter survive crucible meaningful adversarial testing." 690-691 (internal quotation marks certain rights theory "competent, admitted, Kentucky's sole (that "did relate credibility confession," Commonwealth, 690 753, 755 (1985)) wrong. 687. nothing undermine limited "valid" 28 line invoked discussion. re Winship, 397 358, 364 (1970), Sandstrom 442 510, 524 (1979), corollary, shifts These implicated because, itself recognized, shifted" 45-2-203. 266. judge proving guilt Defendant doubt," 27a, homicide causes being," 28a. produce resulted acquittal. acquittal occur presumably attributable fact, noted introduced "knowingly." himself testified several hours handgun asked her glove compartment car. Ibid.; Tr. 1123. retrieve gun strong "conscious object" execution-style manner shot fired head victim. 29 Recognizing directly described burden-reducing, burdenshifting, statute. 122-123, 265, meant statute formally clear-and-convincing, mere preponderance; utterly text given. What evidently refute requirement doubt-reduced sense bear. effect. "Reducing" unconstitutional, (which, discussed, not). "reject[ed] anything convictions." (1986). 30 Finally, comment citation passage 228 (1987), upholding placed self-defense preponderance "It different i.e., aside purposes satisfied standard. Such plainly run afoul [In re] Winship's mandate. instructions adequate convey including going self-defense, deciding sufficiency crime." 233-234 (citation omitted); 32 various ways-e.g., assertion (unlike intoxication), explanation Kokkonen Guardian Life Ins. Co., 511 (1994) 4): holdings cases, dicta, attend." If means bearing admissible, discussed incorrect. 33 doctrines actus reus, insanity, mistake, duress historically tools constantly shifting adjustment tension aims changing religious, moral, philosophical, medical views man. always thought province States." Powell Texas, 392 514, 535-536 (1968) (plurality opinion). decided resurrect era, disallowing mind issue. Nothing prevents so, contrary 34 ordered. 35 djq 36 divides characterization. law, prescribes measurement restraints action, how type prescription? designed keep "relevant, evidence," O'Connor maintains, post, 8, instead, redefinition mental-state offense, hand, O'Connor's concern "would issue," legislature identify wishes punish," 4, irrelevant defined. 37 Beneath labels (rule offense) lies question: Can Constitution, self-control? reasons follow, resist categorizing prescription, join refusing condemn unconstitutional enactment. 38 Section appear containing (Title 26), expected placement regulating solely admissibility trial. Instead, appears Title 45 ("Crimes"), chapter entitled "General Principles Liability." Ann., Tit. 45, ch. No adjacent provisions governing entrapment, 39 urged amici, "extract[s] entire inquiry," Reply Petitioner 2, rendering logically state. "purposely cause[d] another," 45-5-102(a) purely subjective sense. To conviction, caused actual knowledge purpose, killed "under purpose `but for' [the defendant's] intoxication." Alliance Rights Responsibilities et al. Amici 6. 35-36; 10-12. Accordingly, "lighte[n] prosecution's [the] suggests, applicability reasonable-doubt dependent defines 211, (1977). 40 enjoy wide latitude defining offenses, see, 232 (1987); Patterson, 201-202, particularly crime," 545 (Black, concurring). When challenged inquire "offends fundamental." 202 justice," ante, 5-10; (Souter, dissenting) ("[A] relevance and, extent, raising process."). Other statutes similar redefinitions element. Souza, 72 Haw. 246, 249, 813 1384, 1386 (1991) ("legislature redefine negate mind"); Ramos, 133 Ariz. 6, 648 119, 121 (1982) ("Perhaps needs proven watered down rea; prerogative legislature."); Rumsey, 309 Pa. Super. 137, 139, 454 A. 1121, 1122 (quoting Powell, 536 opinion)) ("Redefinition quality activity permissible legislature's role `constantly man.'"). Legislation order, Arizona, Hawaii, ought declared enacted 42 If, plurality, Souter agree, instruct sober conduct-to person-then tenable laws, difference wording, sister States.7 disagree States; undertake analysis enactments ordinarily construction. Edward J. DeBartolo Corp. Florida Gulf Coast Building Construction Trades Council, 485 568, 575 Lilburn, 265 258, 875 1036, 1041 (1994). 43 strikes whose displays infirmity. forced precedent,8 prescriptions leaves States,9 dispel contributed, attendant state-court misperception. 44 whom Breyer join, dissenting. unanimously (1995) agree. sets outer restrictions raise effective accusations. Here, impede throw removed jury's category proved doubt. disallowance eliminates element, correspondingly easier. desire increase likelihood class able satisfy offense. view, statute's proceeding 46 limitations accused's complete circumstances, severe enough (1973). Applying precedent, keeping away defense, 123, harmless error, rejecting conclusion, emphasizes "any rules" Ante, defense. 683, none "familiar" operates does. blanket allow offense's doing, frees prosecution, face nevertheless combination effects 47 new. California Trombetta, 467 479, (1984). Chambers, cross-examining presenting behalf operation Mississippi's "voucher" rules. application "[W]here ascertainment implicated, applied mechanistically defeat ends plurality's characterization "case-specific correction," 14, force prohibition enforcement lead, sufficient suppression supporting case.In Crane, confession, grounds information bore "voluntariness" already resolved. "deprived petitioner defense." emphasized serve interests reliability, exceed bounds serving justification. 48 Washington 388 (1967), refused Texas providing persons convicted coparticipants prohibited prevent whole categories testifying untrustworthy. action detracted severely arbitrarily call favor. 49 together, illuminate simple principle: demands afforded Meaningful testing include sure, limitless; believes work favor, 690, invalidate testimonial privileges, 23, (1976). Nevertheless, heard. forestalls placing negates lightens latter important former. punish, once written, insist 85 (1986); ("The standard, charged"). protects except (1970); 210. specified "deliberate homicide" 45-5-102(1)(a) convict. shown knowingly, homicide. inconsistent 265-266. 51 Where overcome whatever doubts raised create factfinder's met, job circumstantially. impute possess. 52 Ohio proving, affirmative self-defense. "that case" Ohio's definition burden. 233-234. "Such mandate." 234. shift attempting effort cast case. Dictum not, observation reasoning benefitted accepted, proof. defenses confused 53 noted, [circumstances confession] substantial well prevailed intoxication. insulated scale-tipping removal necessity 54 ignores Crane's caution full test. invokes emphasize "introduction `valid' Montana." 16. brief enunciates reason: well-known risks related seeks exculpation. 12; 17-19. interest ensure lacked element-and guilty-is elaborates, 10-12, why wish preclude exculpation reasons-increased concomitant deterrence bear consequences-merely explain trying improve winning final proffered juries, misled, "too [drunk] rea," 45-2-203's involuntarily intoxicated. plain misleading-but considers relevant-for person's 55 limitation accusations "requires competing closely examined." 295. guilt, disputing indisputably relevant: furthermore, involuntary shows barred express improving defendant. reduce 17, beside point. alleviate burden, rather, vindicate goal value-e.g., reliability competency encourage communications relationships. help do help, incidentally. While "ba[r] convictions," added), boost distorts adversary (Harlan, result). Unlike least unreliable, justify cumulative, irrelevant. helps weakens government's 56 plurality brushes precedents variously fact-bound, irrelevant, dicta. afford weight enunciated seems me determine then thwart innocent. does, validity: disallowance, argues, amount 5-13. 58 From 1551 until assumed, "Early indifferent defence liability crude undeveloped admit exceptions. refinement modification rigid expected." Singh, History Q. 528, 537 (1933) concedes, took century. incompatibility particular other. slow progress typical began recognize properly admissible ascertaining met charged.This recognition, believed, consistent committed. influential mid-19th century explained, "Drunkenness yet, offences depend knowledge, coolness perpetrated, [drunkenness] submitted Jury"; for, "it mind" "[t]o rebut" "to enable Jury rightly matter." Pigman 555, 556-557 (1846); accord, Cline St. 334, E. 22, (1885) settled committed; [mental state], essence you committed"). 59 across country agreed proved, show, reference One commented seemed "incontrovertible universally applicable" "where peculiar criminal's done, mitigate offence committed." People Robinson, Park. Crim. 235, 306 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 1855). Swan Tenn. 136, 141-142 (1843); Donovan, 61 Iowa 369, 370-371, 206, 206-207 (1883); Mooney Ala. 419, 420 (1859); Aszman 123 Ind. 347, (1890) 60 With reasoning, recognized conjunction require formation Unless Elimination precludes rebutting simultaneously shielding negating persuaded unconstitutional. "`principle[s] ratified, flux. rooted" "fundamental." 7-9. forward concepts developed, came conflict, reflects. 62 concurs renders concurrence concludes "[c]omprehended shoal." 63 punish. chose alter problem presented indication "redefinition" occurred. Ginsburg's reading Court, provide uphold operation. "We are, bound interpretation [state] highest State." Hortonville Joint School Dist. Ed. Assn., 426 482, 488 (1976); Groppi Wisconsin, 400 505, 507 (1971); Kingsley Int'l. Pictures Regents Univ. Y., 360 684, 688 (1959). summing up court's holding, Nelson's explains enact chooses, "effectively impermissibly lessens charged-the element-by statutorily convince element." 128, 268. read consistently management reluctant interfere States' matters. requirements reduction fairness. 17. believe here. voluntary-intoxication removes permitting benefit suppression. defendants, existed save affirm Court. 66 67 (Mont. (1995)) implicitly accomplished redefinition, indicating effect, am domestic 68 Even assumption definitions purposeful knowing states untouched each, foregone declaring inadmissible. typically presents so. not) exclude, render irrele-vant, endeavored, advance restricted advancing undoubtedly (though that) (a answering objection). short, barring statutory scheme constitutional, us unable discern reason it. respectfully dissent convincingly demonstrates Amendment's added 1868, stood notion exculpatory, 5-7, flux 9-11 (O'Connor, dissenting). contravenes people,'" "`as fundamental,'" (1977)). enquiry. Harlan's Poe Ullman, 367 497, 542 (1961), teaches "tradition" tethered "is living thing."10 practice ordered liberty," Palko Connecticut, 302 319, 325 (1937), still pass muster rational today's world. (1992) judgment) (although "historical give presumption constitutionality ., surely rebuttable"). 70 step enquiry leads precedent dissent, 2-9, involving (1967) "whole testifying"); result) (State "recogniz[e] [testimony as] competent [but] ba[r] defendant"); (1973) (defendant "fair accusations"); (1986) (States "central innocence" absent justification). Collectively, stand proposition, 295, limited, [said limitation] 71 Given authority, way second. relevance. government doubt, fairly thus "due branches," enumeration 210 included ("in usually dispositive"); 233 (same). apparent excludable "knowledge" "purpose," apply substantive state,11 free conclude court, V. Paul, 377, 381 (1992); Murdock Memphis, Wall. 590 (1875), square advanced curiae), changed ("It [of intoxication] Egelhoff purposely"); 263-265 (noting Egelhoff's offense). 73 certain) option open. "`valid' dissenting), out. excluded. notes, Rules (addressing confusion, etc.) 802 (hearsay) examples 74 Hence, possibility justifying like this. actually induced reject prior freely admitting necessarily might, argue incapacity (as widely assumed irrelevant12) irrational obey accomplish result presuppose volitional ability. Model Penal 4.01 ("A disease defect lacks conform law") 2.02(2)(a)(i) result"). apart technical irrationality, think (when case) risk juror confusion. Hawaii et. al ("[U]se [intoxication] runs unacceptable potential manipulation [will lead to] adequately appreciate excuse"). Reed reportedly suggested "learning lawyer learn thing connected thinking to," Teachout, Sentimental Metaphors, UCLA 537, structured jurors suffer facility.13 Quite arguments sure further (the above). understand cutting conceptual corner14 leaving Absent convincing corner, constrain current dissent. 77 Stevens joins, 78 says, agrees, redefined happenstance differently-to element-would anomalous results. equivalent external (Ginsburg, concurring), turns innocence mind, circumstances. An driver stopped intersection unknowingly accelerated pedestrian likely guilty, unaware infer purpose. identically racing highway sideswiped innocent, negligence. Why want write draws distinction, life imprisonment, death, turn? wanted equate says instead roundabout affect, dramatically ways, minds, deeds, consequences seem identical? reserve hypothetical limits. 85-86 (1977); Mullaney Wilbur, 421 698-699 (1975). agrees defense," dispute validity mentioned above. She contends, "places Ibid. "category" well; relates tending fact. indeed hard difference. So selected good policy support, valid. vice excludes "essential 4; 13. "essential," "nonessential." Besides (upholding "knowingly"); Stat. 13-503 (Supp. 1995-1996) (voluntary Arkansas, White 290 Ark. 130, 134-137, 717 784, 786-788 (interpreting 5-2-207 (1993)); Delaware, Wyant 519 649, 651 Del. Code. 11, (1995)); Georgia, Foster 258 Ga. 736, 742-745, 374 188, 194-196 (1988) 16-3-4 (1992)), cert. denied, 490 1085 (1989); 702-230(2) (1993), 248, (Section(s) constitutional); Lanier 533 473, 478-479 Missouri, 562.076 (1994), Erwin, 848 476, 482 constitutional), 510 826 (1993); South Carolina, Vaughn, 268 124-126, 328, 330-331 Hawkins 605 586, 589 (Tex. 1980) Tex. 8.04). brought appeared 6-7 16). refuses adequacy reasons, lawyers. know enactment subsequent lawyers guess satisfies Whatever real provision; speculate just must. formulation "Where plausible legislature's] inquiry end." Railroad Retirement Bd. Fritz, 449 166, 179 (1980). change counsel legislation mentioned." Or Government State) mentioned"-so Hawaii's count Hawaiian Either strange hired elected people) happen hit boxes bingo-card acceptable analysis, agreement "embodies actions," agree "`extract[s] inquiry,'" ibid. implemented, achieved, equal legitimacy amending address analyze 7, accurate York 197 (1977), emotional disturbance. "very fewer convictions negative here." 209. chance obtaining consequence pursuing legitimate penological goals. maintains `fundamental principle' Post, 11-12. overlooks, sheds society [a] demonstrably questions asks, moreover, 1-2, concerned incidence alcohol-impaired choose taken. sensible, "equate [with] purpose," dispensing influence judgment-impairing substance. strange, resisted catch-all approach enacted, sweeping, retains requirement, "define[s] relevance." purpose" example 1. fiction, Thurber, Secret Walter Mitty (originally published Yorker 1939), but, sadly, well, drive daydreaming failing pay attention road. curiae, oral argument. Oral Arg. ("[T]he really got [substantive] [assumed] one, 358 (1970)]."). observed, domain responsibility." 19-20. balance struck history developed broke. thing. radically departs survive, builds survived sound. formula substitute, area, judg-ment restraint." mind"). Law Institute, 2.08(4) (1985), deems "pathological intoxication" "actor "intoxication grossly excessive degree, intoxicant, actor susceptible." 2.08(5)(c). Teachout notes explicitly essay Comment Professor Sabine's "Pragmatic Approach Politics," 81 Pol. Sci. 52, (1966), letter "If hitched things to, mind." Quoted Rev., 545, Rock Island, 254 141, 143 (1920) ("Men corners deal Government").

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