The Post looks at some honest services fraud cases in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s recent major decisions on the theory. A Supreme Court ruling last month that gutted an anti-corruption tool favored by federal prosecutors is jeopardizing high-profile investigations into politicians and business executives, including several related to convicted ex-lobbyist Jack Abramoff, according […]
Day: July 18, 2010
Times agrees with Justice Thomas on free speech issue
Read it here. As Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in a related concurring opinion last year, digital technology has actually widened the amount of broadcast spectrum available today, undermining the earlier notion that scarce slices of the airwaves justified stricter free-speech rules for broadcasters. He has made it clear he now favors removing all content regulations […]
The road ahead for DISCLOSE
Politico examines the prospects for the DISCLOSE Act in the Senate. A sweeping overhaul of the campaign finance system seems destined to stall in the Senate – adding to tensions with House Democrats who have grown tired of taking politically risky votes only to see their proposals die on the Senate steps.