“Ofcls who use their public positions for private gain threaten the integrity of our most important institutions. #Greed makes govts —at every level — less responsive, less efficient & less trustworthy from the perspective of the communities they serve,” Justice Jackson wrote.
In what appeared to be a dig at #SCOTUS’ conservative bloc, Jackson added that the defendant in the case offered an “absurd & atextual reading of the statute” that “only today’s court could love.”
#law #corruption