Supreme Court Considers Whether A Sock Is Drug Paraphernalia

http://www.kqed.org/news/story/2015/01/14/153966/supreme_court_considers_whether_a_sock_is_drug_paraphernalia?source=npr&category=u.s


At the U. S. Supreme Court Wednesday, the question before the justices boiled down to whether a sock can be considered drug paraphernalia.


Each year 30-35,000 people are deported for drug crimes. But federal law does not treat all drug crimes equally. The question before the justices was whether the government can deport legal permanent residents for minor drug offenses.