Ryan I Kelly

Ryan I Kelly

October 09, 2019 | The Legal Intelligencer

US Supreme Court Considers When Politics Becomes a Crime

When does playing politics become criminal? Two lower courts in our area have held that there is a breaking point. In Kelly v. United States, the court must decide whether a public official who takes an official action motivated by political retribution violates federal fraud statutes.

By Stephen A. Miller and Ryan I. Kelly

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