Washington Post: Supreme Court ruling on Indiana mayor is latest to weaken corruption laws
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This excerpt is from a piece that originally ran on June 26, 2024.
The Supreme Court vacated the bribery conviction of a former Indiana mayor Wednesday, a decision that continues a recent trend by the justices to narrow the scope of corruption laws targeting public officials.
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Keith Thirion, a vice president for Alliance for Justice, said the decision was distressing.
“The conservative justices ruling that it should be easier for public officials to receive gifts is perhaps the least surprising outcome of the term,” Thirion, whose organization consists of liberal groups that work on court-related issues, said in a statement. “While claiming to be concerned with bribery, the Court has just greenlit it by allowing payments after the fact in the form of rewards called ‘gratuities.’”