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SCOTUS dispatch: government lawyer grilled for an hour on meaning of federal corruption statute

JURIST

Gijs de Bra is a JURIST Assistant Editor and SCOTUS special correspondent, and a 2L at Cornell Law School. The party briefs mostly focused on the word “rewarded” in the statute. Justice Kagan asked if the required mental state in the statute helps to alleviate that concern. Of course it was contested.

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“Without any Doubt, Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, Beyond any Doubt”: Tribe Declares Trump Committed Attempted Murder

JonathanTurley

You don’t have to go to law school to know that there’s something seriously criminal about that. Even then, it can be difficult since attempted murder requires proof that the defendant “must have taken a substantial step towards that crime, and must also have had the requisite mens rea.” ” Braxton v.