U.S. v. Agostino, No. 97-2105 (7th Cir.) (132 F.3d 1183) (December 22, 1997) (Judge Michael S. Kanne)
Loaded on Feb. 1, 1998
published in Punch and Jurists
February 16, 1998
Filed under:
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Federal Funds.
This case brings back the Government’s second most-favorite statute (conspiracy will always be No. 1) - 18 U.S.C. § 666 - which covers theft or bribery “concerning programs receiving Federal funds.” As we have often said, that statute permits the Federal Government to buy its way around the Tenth Amendment …
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