The Supreme Court’s remaining decisions include Donald Trump’s claim of immunity, charges for Jan. 6 rioters and abortion care.
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 anticorruption laws. The justices divided along ideological lines in the 6-3 ruling, which found the federal law that prosecutors used to convict James Snyder applies only to situations in which officials accept gifts or payments before taking a government action, not getting a reward after, known as a gratuity.
A federal jury ultimately convicted Snyder of accepting an illegal gratuity, and he was sentenced to nearly two years in prison. Snyder appealed his conviction arguing the statute used to convict him only applies to bribes, not gratuities. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit affirmed Snyder’s conviction, but the Supreme Court sided with Snyder. Writing for the majority, Justice Brett M.
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