Plot. Kelly versus the united states. Mr. Chief justice, and may it please the court, once again, the government is trying to use openended federal statutes to enforce federal government state and local at the state and local levels. Its theory this time is that the defendants committed property fraud, by reallocating two traffic lanes from one public road to another, without disclosing their real political reason for doing so. This theory turns the integrate integrity of every official level of every government into a potential federal fraud investigation. It ends runs mcnally and skilling by subsuming on a Services Fraud within property fraud and by criminalizing ulterior motives even without bribes or kick backs. It would affect the sweeping expansion of federal criminal jurisdiction interview particularly fraught area. This is not the law. This court in cleveland held that Regulatory Authority is not property. So unofficial who introduces a sovereign decision through deceit has not
Then later a look into how facial recognition technologies are being used identify people come into the u. S. But first the Supreme Court oral argument kelly versus the u. S. With her argument in case 181059. Mr. Roth. Mr. Chief justice, and may it please the court. Once again the government is trying to use the open ended federal fraud statutes to enforce honest government at the state and local levels. Its through this time is that the defense is committed property fraud by reallocating two two traffic lanes from one public road to another without disclosing their real political reason for doing so. This theory terms of the integrity of every official action at every level of government into a potential federal fraud investigation. It in runts mcnally and skilling by subsuming on the Services Fraud within property fraud and by criminalizing ulterior motives even without brides or kickbacks. It would, in fact, a sweeping expansion of federal criminal jurisdiction into a a particuly fr
President ial bid. They used a wire fraud statute to prosecute kelly for the political revenge plot. Once again the government is trying to use the open ended federal fraud statutes to enforce honest government at the state and local levels. Its theory this time is that the defendants committed property fraud, by reallocating two traffic lanes from one public road to another, without disclosing their real political reason for doing so. This theory turns the integrate of every official action at every level of government into a potential federal fraud investigation. It ends runs mcnally and skilling by subsuming on a Services Fraud within property fraud and by criminalize ulterior motives even without bribes or kick backs. Would affect the criminal jurisdiction in a fraught area. Not the law. This court in cleveland held that Regulatory Authority is not property. So an official who induces a sovereign decision through deceit has not obtained property by fraud. Only when the official lie
This theory turns the integrate of every official action at every level of government into a potential federal fraud investigation. It ends runs mcnally and skilling by subsuming on a Services Fraud within property fraud and by criminalize ulterior motives even without bribes or kick backs. Would affect the criminal jurisdiction in a fraught area. Not the law. This court in cleveland held that Regulatory Authority is not property. So an official who induces a sovereign decision through deceit has not obtained property by fraud. Only when the official lies to divert state resources to private use has he stepped outside the regulatory rachael and committed property fraud. This recall distinguishes property fraud from services proud and from routine hit cal conduct. Political don duct. Here because the defendant reallocated the traffic lanes from one public use to another, the Port Authority at most was deprived of regulatory control, not property. And thats true regardless of whether as
Although i do acknowledge that the garden state punches way above its weight when it comes to political scandals. [indistinct conversations] in 2004, the democratic governor of new jersey, Jim Mcgreevey, stepped into a press room just like this and became an Overnight Sensation when he admitted to a gay affair and resigned in the same speech. A governor coming out of the closet was genuinely shocking, a careerkiller at that time. Looking back, though, i cant help but feel that we were also quick to embrace the headline that we may have forgotten to dig a little deeper, because the reason why Jim Mcgreevey resigned is a lot more complicated than we remember. Ah, new jersey americas communal jacuzzi, or cesspool, depending on who you ask. [glass shatters] a land with its own unique culture and customs and a Political Landscape than can be rather. Shall we say, in your face. Youre done. Its 4 30. Youve maximized your tan. Get off the beach. New jersey is a roughandtumble place, man, you k