Julia Horowitz writes:
When I refer to the Constitution’s “Double Jeopardy Clause,” people know what I mean. You can’t be tried twice for the same crime. Many have seen the Ashley Judd movie, where her character is wrongly convicted of a murder and therefore free to kill with impunity when she is released form prison. But there is a counterpoint to the Double Jeopardy Clause, and it kind of works the other way. You can’t relitigate an issue you’ve already brought to court. That concept is called res judicata, and it creates an interesting problem when applied to consumer class action lawsuits, like the recent Facebook privacy suit.
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