SCOTUS dispatch: government lawyer grilled for an hour on meaning of federal corruption statute
JURIST
APRIL 15, 2024
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. 666(a)(1)(B) applies to gratuities as well as bribes.
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