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The Supreme Court overturned the bribery conviction of a former Indiana mayor on Wednesday in an opinion that narrows the scope of public corruption law. The high court's 6-3 opinion along ...
Ethics and legal experts warn that the Supreme Court has struck a serious blow to prosecutors’ ability to crack down on the abuse of power and public corruption. And that’s ringing alarm bells ...
New reporting on Supreme Court corruption has reignited calls for a code of conduct to be instituted for the justices. The Washington Post reported Thursday evening that tens of thousands of ...
The justices ruled 6-3 to reverse a lower court's decision that had upheld the corruption conviction of former Portage mayor James Snyder for accepting $13,000 from a truck company that received ...
In late 2017, WCHS-TV and other media outlets began reporting on spending by the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.Eventually, an investigation by the office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia was launched, [2] and the court was audited by the state's legislative auditor.
Thus, by construing the term narrowly the Supreme Court narrowed the definition of bribery. [6] According to Bloomberg News, the ruling "appears to have opened the floodgates for reversals of high-profile public corruption cases, including William Jefferson, a former Louisiana congressman.
To address the corruption and restore integrity in the Supreme Court, we must take decisive action. The justices who received gifts from people associated with active cases in the high court must ...
In December 2017, the Supreme Court of Western Australia awarded Rayney $2.62 million in damages in a defamation action against the State, over his having been publicly named as "the prime and only suspect". [44] [45] Rayney lodged an appeal against the decision in January 2018, seeking higher damages. [46]