‘Honest services’ law expansion sought
While the U.S. Supreme Court has attempted to limit the application of vague "honest services" statutes, the Obama Administration is working to restore what the Wall Street Journal describes as "essentially unlimited prosecutorial discretion to bring white-collar cases." David Rittgers of the Cato Institute explains the meaning of this law: "The 'honest services' statute criminalizes 'a scheme or artifice to deprive another of the intangible right of honest services.' This criminalized an employee lying to his employer, and as Justice Scalia pointed out, 'would seemingly cover a salaried employee's phoning in sick to go to a ball game.' Prosecutors were…