Critics Slam Supreme Court Ruling as a Weakening of Public Corruption Laws
Ruling 6-3 along ideological lines, the court overturned the bribery convictions of a former Indiana mayor.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with a former Indiana mayor convicted of accepting a bribe from a business shortly after it was awarded municipal contracts, a ruling that one dissenting justice called “absurd” and critics said weakens public corruption laws. Ruling 6-3 along ideological lines in Snyder v. United States, the justices overturned the bribery convictions of former Portage...