Judicial Watch, Inc. and Allied Educational Foundation, Amici Curiae
James F. Peterson, Council of Record
Judicial Watch, Inc. is a conservative government oversight group. The Allied Educational Foundation is a nonprofit charitable and educational foundation promoting education in civil liberties, health care, and transparent government. James F. Peterson has served as Judicial Watch’s staff attorney since 2001. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for Respondent as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on April 6, 2016. Public officials have a duty to act in the best interest of the people who elect them. When they make decisions based on personal interest, they are defrauding the public. The honest-services statute criminalizes government corruption…
