Neil Gorsuch: “When it becomes so expensive and takes so long to get to a jury, to get to a trial, some people do not bring good…”

Apart from pointing to habitual drunkard laws, the government has not even attempted to prove that any other specific historical principle might justify its prosecution in this case.

They targeted different kinds of people, did so for different purposes, and operated in different ways.

When confronted with coercive prosecutorial tactics designed to induce defendants to take plea deals, the Court has often condoned those practices or let them pass in silence.

Congress has also delegated to them vast legislative and judicial powers.