What the ruling will do is have a potentially profound effect on future cases involving allegations of public corruption against politicians. Supreme Court unanimously voted to overturn the public corruption conviction of former Virginia governor Robert McDonnell. Because it is very, very hard to convict politicians on public corruption charges without a smoking gun. That's what the Supreme Court told us today, and why McDonnell and Menendez are each having their best Monday in quite some time. And yet, the Supreme Court unanimously overturned McDonnell's conviction on corruption charges Monday.

Source: Washington Post June 27, 2016 16:08 UTC