take_five_seconds [he/him, any]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 days agoSupreme Court wipes out anti-corruption law that bars officials from taking gifts for past favorswww.latimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1144arrow-down11cross-posted to: politics@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanspolitics@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up1143arrow-down1external-linkSupreme Court wipes out anti-corruption law that bars officials from taking gifts for past favorswww.latimes.comtake_five_seconds [he/him, any]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square32fedilinkcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanspolitics@sh.itjust.works
minus-squaremindlesscrollyparrotlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 days agoOn the face of it, this seems ridiculous, but consider, a Supreme Court judge has been accepting large gifts from a man who had brought cases in front of the court, and that couldn’t possibly be bribery.
On the face of it, this seems ridiculous, but consider, a Supreme Court judge has been accepting large gifts from a man who had brought cases in front of the court, and that couldn’t possibly be bribery.