Peoples v. Judicial Standards Commission

How later courts describe this case

• “A proceeding to enforce a judgment is collateral to the judgment, and therefore no inquiry into its regularity or validity can be permitted in such a proceeding.”
• legal or factual impossibility of committing offense not a defense to conspiracy claim
• conspiracy exists where two parties agree even though third person’s agreement is feigned
• subject matter jurisdiction cannot be conferred upon a court by consent, waiver, or estoppel
• “although [18 U.S.C.] § 2314 cannot be violated unless there are in fact stolen goods, a conspiracy to violate that section occurs when two or more persons agree to attempt to commit acts which include all the elements of a crime under that section and any overt act is done”