UNITED STATES v. HANSEN

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathan Lewin, Washington, D.C., with whom Stephen L. Braga and Frank A.S. Campbell, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Reid H. Weingarten, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., with whom James M. Cole, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellee.

U.S. Senator Orrin G. Hatch, Washington, D.C., was on the brief for himself and other members of the United States Congress as amici curiae, urging reversal.

Allan A. Ryan, Jr., Washington, D.C., was on the brief for the Institute for Government and Politics, Free Congress Foundation and Lawrence A. Withers, amici curiae, urging reversal.

Before GINSBURG and SCALIA, Circuit Judges, and McGOWAN, Senior Circuit Judge.