Supreme Court to hear anti-corruption law case
Supreme Court to hear anti-corruption law case
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on the merits of the “honest services fraud” law designed to keep a healthy distance between lobbyists and public officials. Law enforcement officials claim the law is one of their best weapons to go after public officials who accept money, tickets, jobs or other such “gifts” in exchange for political favors. Critics claim the law is vague and believe it should be struck down so that Congress can clearly define what’s acceptable “gift giving” and what is…uh, bribery.
Guest:
Erwin Chemerinsky, Founding Dean, UCI School of Law and a constitutional law expert
- Patt Morrison for December 3, 2009
- Those pesky vanishing jobs: President’s summit tackles the jobless recovery
- The 10 X 20 push for new antibiotics to fight superbugs
- Supreme Court to hear anti-corruption law case
- Obama’s kicking K Street to the curb
- Higher education in California - how to bring back the golden gleam
- Can you get by without a checking or savings account? Many Americans do…..
Also on this episode
Events
Comedy Congress Live
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
7:30 p.m.
- 9 p.m.
The comedic material emanating from Washington D.C., and state capitols across the country, is enough to make any sitcom writer jealous, even if most of that comedy is unintentional. Our motto on Comedy Congress is that just when politics makes you want to cry, it’s usually best to laugh.
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