The following passage was written by an economist, and it concerns the question of whether the United States could produce more goods than it is currently producing. $"[$T$]$he U$.$S$.$ economy currently holds very little excess capacity. The official data show that capacity utilization in manufacturing now stands at $82\mathrm{.}4$ percent up from

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$"[$Mr$.]$ Logan pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and received a $15-$year sentence, the mandatory minimum under ACCA. In imposing this sentence, the court took account of three Wisconsin misdemeanor battery convictions, none of them revoking any of Logan's civil rights. Logan challenged his sentence on the ground that his state$-$court convictions fell within $[$the$]$ 'civil rights restored' exemption $[$added in $1986].$ Rights retained, Logan $[$claimed$],$ should be treated the same as rights revoked but later restored.

"The exemption $[$added in the $1986]$ does not cover the case of an offender who retained civil rights at all times. The ordinary meaning of the word 'restored'$-$giving back something that has been taken away $-$ does not include retention of something never lost. Moreover, the context in which 'restored' appears in $[$the text of the law$]$ counsels adherence to the word's ordinary meaning. In $[$the text of the law$]$ the words 'civil rights restored' appear in the company of 'expunged,$\text{'}$ 'set aside,$\text{'}$ and 'pardoned.$\text{'}$ Each of those terms describes a measure by which the government relieves an offender of some or all of the consequences of his conviction." $($Logan $2007,1,$ material omitted$)$

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