Today is Jeff Skilling's chance to convince the Supreme Court that either section 1346 (intangible rights to honest services) is vague or should only apply to bribery cases, or that his trial was tainted and that there should have been a change for venue. The Skilling case is one of three cases before the Court this term examining section 1346, the honest services fraud provision of the fraud statutes. One thing I continue to maintain is that the government can survive without section 1346 (see here). My preview for the Black and Weyrauch case are here, and much of this applies to this case. Unlike the past two cases, the Skilling decision is a frontal attack on the statute, although Skilling also has a fallback position as noted above.
The Briefs for the case can be found here. See also Scotus Blog here.
Below is a listing of prior posts that lead up to today's oral argument:
Skilling Files Petition for Cert
Skilling Asks for En Banc Hearing
What Others Are Saying About the Skilling Decision
Skilling – Commentary on the Decision
Skilling- Sentencing Reversal and Remand; Conviction Stands
Skilling Hearing – Sounds Like it Wasn't a Hot Bench
They're Expecting A Crowd for Skilling
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Remembering the Enron joke about the difference between California and the Titanic during the rolling black-outs. My version of the joke: The difference between Enron and the Titanic is the Captain of the Titanic was noble enough to go down with his ship.
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