The Supreme Court's Sekhar Decision: More Than A Pyrhhic Victory

Announced the same day as its path-breaking gay marriage decision, the Supreme Court?s ruling in Sekhar v. United States, addressing the definition of ?property? for purposes of an extortion prosecution under the Hobbs Act, got a bit lost in the hubbub. Both because the Hobbs Act is an important and oft-used weapon in the government?s arsenal, and because the decision appears to be part of a broader trend to cut back on some judge-made rules that have expanded the reach of statutes used to prose...