The Supreme Court has now heard oral argument in the late Arthur Andersen's petition to review its conviction under the federal “witness tampering” statute, 18 U.S.C. ' 1512(b)(2). This case is the most recent and infamous manifestation of a decade-long debate about the statute.
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The Supreme Court has now heard oral argument in the late Arthur Andersen's petition to review its conviction under the federal "witness tampering" statute, 18 U.S.C. ' 1512(b)(2). This case is the most recent and infamous manifestation of a decade-long debate about the statute. Now the Court has an opportunity to impose clear rules that would resolve the uncertainty about the scope and mental state required to prove "witness tampering" in federal investigations of all kinds.
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