When You Go Down On Corruption Charges In Massachusetts, Try To Make Them Federal Crimes, Not State Crimes

An elected official can lobby his former colleagues on Beacon Hill if he has committed a federal crime but not if he has committed a state crime. That's what the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court said last week.

An elected official can lobby his former colleagues on Beacon Hill if he has committed a federal crime but not if he has committed a state crime. That's what the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court said last week.…