This, the lawmakers argue, would «create broad new legal standards not intended by Congress under the Higher Education Act.» (accesslex.org)
The coming retrials of former state legislative leaders Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos are being watched nationwide as test cases of federal prosecutors» ability to win public - corruption convictions under a new legal standard. (nystateofpolitics.com)
«Although finding that the Supreme Court's McDonnell decision issued after Silver's conviction required a different legal instruction to the jury, the Second Circuit also held that the evidence presented at the trial was sufficient to prove all the crimes charged against Silver, even under the new legal standard.» (nystateofpolitics.com)