Writing for the majority, Justice Elena Kagan said that the law required a tighter connection between the lie and the procurement of citizenship. Ms. Maslenjak was convicted, her citizenship was ordered revoked, and she and her husband were deported to Serbia. They said prosecutors had withheld several kinds of evidence, most notably about another suspect, James McMillan. Justice Neil M. Gorsuch did not participate in the case, which was argued before he joined the court. In 2010, the Supreme Court ruled that the Sixth Amendment guarantees criminal defendants the right to insist that jury selection be open to the public.

Source: New York Times June 22, 2017 17:37 UTC