take_five_seconds [he/him, any] to news@hexbear.netEnglish • 10 days agoSupreme Court wipes out anti-corruption law that bars officials from taking gifts for past favorswww.latimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1158arrow-down11cross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldpolitics@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanspolitics@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up1157arrow-down1external-linkSupreme Court wipes out anti-corruption law that bars officials from taking gifts for past favorswww.latimes.comtake_five_seconds [he/him, any] to news@hexbear.netEnglish • 10 days agomessage-square37fedilinkcross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldpolitics@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanspolitics@sh.itjust.works
minus-square@mindlesscrollyparrot@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglish8•10 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.