Gorsuch Grills DOJ Lawyer on Violence, Vagueness (2)

Neil M. Gorsuch grilled the government’s lawyer April 17 in a gun case where the U.S. Supreme Court justice may hold the tie-breaking vote to strike down a law on vagueness grounds.

In an extended back and forth with assistant to the U.S. solicitor general Eric J. Feigin at oral argument, Gorsuch suggested the government’s reading of the law, which is used to severely punish gun crime, was inconsistent and untenable.

Feigin said striking down the law would hamper the government’s crime-fighting efforts.

The case stems from the prosecution of Maurice Davis and Andre Glover. They were caught in a ...