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` Cite as: 592 U. S. ____ (2021)
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` GORSUCH, J., dissenting
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`SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
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` SHELDON SILVER v. UNITED STATES, ET AL.
`ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED
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`STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT
`No. 20–60. Decided January 25, 2021
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`The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
`JUSTICE GORSUCH, with whom JUSTICE THOMAS joins,
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`dissenting from denial of certiorari.
`Normally, extortion and bribery are treated as distinct
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`crimes. In Evans v. United States, 504 U. S. 255 (1992),
`however, this Court conflated them for purposes of the
`Hobbs Act when a public official is the defendant. Id., at
`260. Chief Justice Rehnquist and Justices Scalia, THOMAS,
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`and BREYER have all questioned that judgment. See id., at
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`278 (THOMAS, J., joined by Rehnquist, C. J., and Scalia, J.,
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`dissenting); Ocasio v. United States, 578 U. S. ___, ___
`(2016) (BREYER, J., concurring) (slip op., at 1); id., at ___–
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`___ (THOMAS, J., dissenting) (slip op., at 1–2). I would have
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`granted this case to reconsider Evans in light of these
`thoughtful criticisms.
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