Definitely a good morning for VA Gov. McDonnell, w many members of the court expressing concern w implications of his conviction. #SCOTUS
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Justice Breyer, in particular, took aim at the breadth of the "power" that would be held by prosecutors under US's view of "official act."
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Breyer spent significant time talking about separation of powers concerns and the effect of siding w U.S. on "structure of government."
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Others, including the Chief Justice, also spent time discussion whether the extent of the definitional debate raised vagueness questions.
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Throughout, tho (& similar to the arguments in Harris), Breyer kept asking counsel to help him write the def'n—here, for "official acts."
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