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A law that criminalizes assault on federal officers
Courts treat the phrase “engaged in . . . official duties” under as a functional, scope-of-employment inquiry — asking whether the federal employee was acting within the job functions for which they w...
Federal prosecutors have long relied on a cluster of criminal statutes—most prominently 18 U.S.C. §§ 111, 1114, 115, 1501, and 1503, plus civil-rights and conspiracy provisions such as § 242 and § 372...
The materials provided do not include a Supreme Court opinion resolving ; instead they show the petition for certiorari, briefing by amici, and ruling that § 111 does not require the common‑law offens...
The Department of Homeland Security’s public use-of-force dataset groups incidents into three categories—officer use of force, subject assault against officer, and maritime vessel disabling fire—but t...
When a defendant assaults a federal officer or commits an assault on federal property, 18 U.S.C. § 111 creates a parallel federal avenue for prosecution that can carry higher or different penalties th...