The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday to weaken a federal statute that guards against public corruption, a reading that Justice Kentaji Brown Jackson said “only today’s court could love.”
In a 6-3 ruling by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, the conservative supermajority sided with James Snyder, the former mayor of Portage, Indiana who accepted an alleged bribe of $13,000 in exchange for a towing contract. Snyder argued the exchange was an “after-the-fact gratuity,” not a bribe, CNN reported.
