All nine justices are committed to hollowing out federal safeguards against political self-dealing.
, Mark Joseph Stern and Dahlia Lithwick discussed the cases and their bleak implications for American democracy. Their conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity.Before we get into the details of these cases, I’d just like to note the hilarious irony of the court weighing in on corruption at this moment.And on the side of the criminals! This is really a cross-ideological project to hollow out federal anti-corruption laws.
, the Bridgegate case. Justice Elena Kagan, writing for a unanimous court, said: Sure, Bridgegate was gross, and maybe it was illegal under state law, but this was not a form of property fraud. So the conviction got tossed.That leads us to Thursday, when more clearly corrupt dudes got their convictions unanimously thrown out the window.
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