A Bridge Too Far? Supreme Court Agrees to Hear the Bridgegate Case
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In a series of decisions over the past thirty years, the Supreme Court has narrowly interpreted federal public corruption statutes and made it more difficult for prosecutors to bring such cases. A common theme of those decisions is the Court’s fear of giving federal prosecutors too much power to police political misconduct through criminal prosecutions. Now the Court appears poised to act again: it has agreed to hear the appeal of two New Jersey officials convicted in the “Bridgegate” scandal, and is likely to reverse their convictions. Although I disagree with some of the Court’s earlier rulings in corruption cases, in this case that’s probably the right result.
A Bridge Too Far? Supreme Court Agrees to Hear the Bridgegate Case
A Bridge Too Far? Supreme Court Agrees to…
A Bridge Too Far? Supreme Court Agrees to Hear the Bridgegate Case
In a series of decisions over the past thirty years, the Supreme Court has narrowly interpreted federal public corruption statutes and made it more difficult for prosecutors to bring such cases. A common theme of those decisions is the Court’s fear of giving federal prosecutors too much power to police political misconduct through criminal prosecutions. Now the Court appears poised to act again: it has agreed to hear the appeal of two New Jersey officials convicted in the “Bridgegate” scandal, and is likely to reverse their convictions. Although I disagree with some of the Court’s earlier rulings in corruption cases, in this case that’s probably the right result.