Ruling
| Opinion | Dissent |
|---|---|
| Roberts | Sotomayor |
| Thomas | Kagan |
| Alito | Jackson |
| Gorsuch | |
| Kavanaugh | |
| Barrett |
Summary
Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote the majority opinion arguing that the federal law 18 U.S.C. §666 does not make it a crime for those officials to accept gratuities for their past acts, but only bribes.
Brett Kavanaugh
The answer is no. State and local governments often regulate the gifts that state and local officials may accept. Section 666 does not supplement those state and local rules by subjecting 19 million state and local officials to up to 10 years in federal prison for accepting even commonplace gratuities. Rather, §666 leaves it to state and local governments to regulate gratuities to state and local officials.