The recent headlines have been about corruption within the high court, but under Chief Justice John Roberts, the court has been enabling public corruption throughout government.
John Roberts' court has undone campaign finance safeguards and overturned convictions of public officials for years, most recently that of a onetime aide to Andrew Cuomo.
The U.S. Department of Justice recently suffered three significant losses at the US Supreme Court and the First Circuit that will limit its ability to use wire fraud to tackle bribery schemes.
Supreme Court SCOTUS unanimously overturned corruption conviction in Percoco v United States. Joseph Percoco convicted honest services wire fraud. Court reversed. Jury instructions vague out of date. Court did not fully support Percoco's defense.