“Although the dual-sovereignty rule is often dubbed an ‘exception’ to the double jeopardy right, it is not an exception at all,” Justice Samuel Alito wrote in the opinion. “On the contrary, it follows from the text that defines that right in the first place.”
Source: Supreme Court ruling deals potential blow to Paul Manafort as he battles state charges | Fox News
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Sorry it sounds like double jeopardy to me!
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