Trump’s Supreme Court just legalized bribery.

[Orangecat]

He approved what they told him to approve. They wouldn't support him otherwise.

Prove it, dumbass.

 

[martybegan]

Yet the Supremes supersede state law.

They didn't rule on a State law, they ruled on a vague federal law.

 

[para bellum]

Yet the Supremes supersede state law.

No, they told an overzealous US Attorney to go back and prosecute a gratuity as a gratuity, as the statute defines the offenses.

They noted that the jurisdiction for regulating conduct of local officials is primarily a State matter, and the Congress does not normally intercede with laws for that purpose that impose penalties ten times as severe as the State laws provide, and the law the US Atty was using recognized the difference in severity between a bribe and gratuity and should be applied the way it was intended to be applied.

The decision does not "legalize bribery" by any rational reading.

"Reverse and Remand" means "do-over".

And oh btw, it was the Federalist Society, not the Heritage Foundation...

 

[BULLDOG]

No, they told an overzealous US Attorney to go back and prosecute a gratuity as a gratuity, as the statute defines the offenses.

They noted that the jurisdiction for regulating conduct of local officials is primarily a State matter, and the Congress does not normally intercede with laws for that purpose that impose penalties ten times as severe as the State laws provide, and the law the US Atty was using recognized the difference in severity between a bribe and gratuity and should be applied the way it was intended to be applied.

The decision does not "legalize bribery" by any rational reading.

"Reverse and Remand" means "do-over".

And oh btw, it was the Federalist Society, not the Heritage Foundation...

they are virtually the same group. Batshit crazy MAGAs.

 

[sealybobo]

According to trump’s supreme Court Justices, it’s now perfectly legal to give large sums of money and elaborate trips or damn near anything else to officials, including judges, as long as the gift comes after the ruling instead of before. In more precise terms, they just gave themselves a hall pass to accept lavish gifts from rich folks who happen to like their rulings. It’s obvious that this new ruling was custom designed to justify Clarence Thomas’s elaborate gifts from Harlan Crow. Think about that. Can you expect a fair ruling from a court when the judge knows he will receive gifts, and all he has to do is rule in favor of what ever the gift giver wants? Just another example of the unethical behavior of trump and his appointees are forcing on the American Public.

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We have to remember when we argue with Republicans about Trump's corruption we now live in a new America.

Supreme Court wipes out anti corruption law that bars officials from taking gifts for past favors​

So when the Saudi's invested $2 BILLION in Jared Kushner's fledging start up investment firm, that was cool.

 

[PeterPilot]

Bribery has been legal for many decades, and that can be seen by the history of AIPAC.

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[HikerGuy83]

Think about that.

Funny how this has been going on for some time.

But NOW it's an issue.