jeffwThe Supreme Court rules that state officials can engage in a little corruption, as a treat
bobs_monkeySo that means that I can engage in a a little tax evasion, as a treat?
Legislators, executives, and jurists aren’t officials in the sense you mean. They are referring to government employees, who can still receive every joyful punishment a prosecutor can dream of.
Well, perhaps the wording should be amended to encompass all public employees. But that would require the law be rewritten by the people that benefit from it, so, yeah.