Supreme Court to revisit Constitution's double jeopardy clause next term

The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a case in its next term that deals with whether the Fifth Amendment’s double jeopardy clause prevents a person from being tried in both state and federal court for the same crime.

The case is a challenge to the court’s long-held view that because the states and federal governments are “separate sovereigns,” it is not a violation of the Fifth Amendment for someone to be prosecuted in federal and state court for the same offense.