So...We're Expecting Al-Qaeda to Build Cruise Missiles?

[Jackalope]

They overturned a more logical decision which had stood since 1939.

You talking about Miller? I wouldn't hold that up as a shining example of jurisprudence, personally. By the time the case went before SCOTUS, Miller was missing or dead, and only the government's side was presented.

Non-adversarial jurisprudence is hardly good jurisprudence, whatever one may think of the outcome.

The U.S Government appealed the decision and on March 30, 1939, the U.S. Supreme Court heard the case. Attorneys for the United States argued four points:

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Neither the defendants nor their legal counsel appeared at the Supreme Court. A lack of financial support and procedural irregularities prevented counsel from traveling.[4] Miller was found shot to death in April, before the decision was rendered.[5]