What is the Supreme Court doing? Punishing the people?
Not at all. What they are doing is not allowing a broad brush to be applied here.
I agree that if someone made up a SSN and it turned out that it belonged to a real person, then identity theft had not occurred.
Intent is the crux of this decision. No intent to defraud. I think the decision is sensible.
Before the flaming starts, I am NOT in favor of illegal immigrants faking SSNs to come here, but mis-applying a law is becoming a real problem. A child brings a Tylenol to school, and they get charged as if they brought a kilo of coke. Intent is out the window.
That's my story and I am sticking to it.