NACDL News: Supreme Court Rejects Expansive Interpretation of ‘Official Act’; Vacates and Remands Fo

In an opinion by Chief Justice Roberts, on June 27, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously rejected the government’s expansive interpretation of what constitutes an impermissible “official act” under the federal bribery statute, the Hobbs Act, and the federal honest services statute.