take_five_seconds [he/him, any]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 months agoSupreme Court wipes out anti-corruption law that bars officials from taking gifts for past favorswww.latimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1158arrow-down11cross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldpolitics@lemmy.worldpolitics@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]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square36fedilinkcross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldpolitics@lemmy.worldpolitics@sh.itjust.works
minus-squaremindlesscrollyparrot@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 months 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.