Supreme Court Hands Down Major 9-0 Decision – They Just Unanimously Stood Up for Doctors Over the Government

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Supreme Court Hands Down Major 9-0 Decision – They Just Unanimously Stood Up for Doctors Over the Government

By Adam Casalino|June 28, 2022

What’s Happening:

The Supreme Court is not finished handing down major decisions. As this session wraps up, they are on a roll, delivering important rulings for the American people.

The latest case addresses doctors who were accused of over-prescribing medications. In a 9-0 decision, the court sided with the doctors.

From The Hill:

The Supreme Court on Monday sided with two doctors challenging their convictions on drug distribution charges for over-prescribing opioid medications…

Justice Stephen Breyer wrote the decision for the majority, ruling that in cases where someone who is authorized to prescribe medication is being prosecuted under the Controlled Substances Act, prosecutors must prove “beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant knowingly or intentionally acted in an unauthorized manner.”

It appears federal prosecutors were going after two doctors, using the Controlled Substances Act to take them down.

Both these doctors challenged these charges since these convictions would have ruined their careers (and perhaps put them in jail).