 The Justice Department lawyers told the court that for nearly 40 years the anti-bribery law has been understood to prohibit payments to officials that, quote, rewarded them for having steered contracts to their donors, but apparently no more. Of course, today's court, to quote Justice Jackson, has many reasons, as Des notes as well, to dismiss these gratuities as less than criminal. I suspect especially after the critiques of justices for accepting undisclosed gifts.