Justice Ginsburg today announced the opinion of the Court in three cases testing "honest services" statutes, the most notable of which is the case of Enron's Jeffrey Skilling. A unanimous Court found that laws proscribing the fraudulent deprivation of "the intangible right of honest service" are unconstitutionally vague, and must be limited to bribery and kickback schemes (you can now go ahead and give that lucrative public contract to your brother-in-law, just don't ask for your share).
Is this what was augured when the wheel fell off the cart?
For more on how this may affect the Blagojevich trial go here.
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