In a pair of rulings issued near the end of the last Term, Fischer v. United States and Snyder v. United States, the Supreme Court continued to cut back on the Justice Department’s interpretation and enforcement of criminal...more
At the end of June, the U.S. Supreme Court issued major decisions on the enforcement power of the Securities and Exchange Commission, what does or doesn’t qualify as a bribe of government officials, and on federal judges’...more
On Wednesday, June 26, 2024, the United States Supreme Court issued a 6–3 decision in Snyder v. United States, overturning the jury conviction of an Indiana mayor under Title 18, Section 666, of the U.S. Code for accepting...more