Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented in Snyder v. United States, arguing against allowing state officials to accept gratuities.
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson criticized her conservative colleagues in a written dissent in Snyder v. United States, a case involving federal bribery laws applying to local and state officials. The majority, led by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, ruled that state officials can accept 'gratuities' from people who wish to reward them for their official actions, despite a federal anti-corruption statute that seemed to ban such rewards. Justice Jackson described the majority's ruling as an "absurd and atextual reading of the statute".
June 26, 2024
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