Ocasio v. U.S., No. 14-361 (U.S. Supreme Court) (578 U.S. ___; 136 S.Ct. 1423) (May 2, 2016) (Judge Samuel A. Jr. Alito)
To understand this decision, one needs to know why and how the Federal criminal extortion statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1951 (which is commonly known as the Hobbs Act) has gradually morphed into a Federal criminal bribery statute as well. There are, and there have long been, well recognized distinctions between …
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