Gorsuch, with Liberals, Strikes Down ‘Critical’ Crime Law (2)

A federal law targeting violent gun crime that the Justice Department says is “of critical importance” was struck down as too vague in a 5-4 opinion by Justice Neil Gorsuch.

Gorsuch once again held the government’s feet to the fire, joined by the four Democratic-appointees. He also paired with his liberal colleagues in a decision last year involving a similar vague law, which drew the ire of President Donald Trump in a tweet.

“In our constitutional order, a vague law is no law at all,” Gorsuch began the June 24 opinion.

It drew a dissent from Trump’s second high ...