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Moobythegoldensock ,

Clarence Thomas: “Come on guys, I really need this ruling.”

pdxfed ,

A little less prosecution a little corruption please

All this misdirection is satisfactionin’ me

A little less bite and a lot more dark

A lot less right just to serve the sharks

Close your mouth, evil off the chart baby pacify me

pacify me, baby

MehBlah ,

These people are all trash. All of them. Not a single decent MAGA in existence.

31337 ,

If they ever flip back to a Democrat majority, it’s going to take decades to undo all the damage this court has done (and they’ll still have the incentive to not undo stuff like this).

anon_8675309 ,

Longer than that. Democrats are pretty centrist these days, so some of this will linger on for long long time.

jorp ,

Joe Biden nearly got 1 food truck in to gaza from the 300 million dollar pier and one of Israel’s bomb shipments was 10 minutes late thanks to him though. That’s bringing the left and liberals together.

derf82 , (edited )

People are way overreacting to this. This decision was 100% about a federal statute. Unaffected are the MANY, MANY state and local laws preventing state and local government employees from taking gifts.

Edit: for y’all downvoters, even the linked article states

In any event, the decision in *Snyder *is narrow. It does not rule that Congress could not ban gratuities. It simply rules that this particular statute only reaches bribes.

barsquid ,

What state’s jurisdiction covers DC?

derf82 ,

This case isn’t about a fed, it’s a local official.

There are other rules governing most federal employees. This is only one specific federal criminal law.

Zink ,

Yet another thing that tens of millions of people across the country would instantly lose their job for, made even MORE ok for the people who can cause the most damage by doing it. Every corporate conflict of interest training I’ve taken at current companies makes it abundantly clear that even the APPEARANCE of a POTENTIAL conflict needs to be disclosed and handled appropriately. Never mind there being literal, in writing, cash money kickbacks.

When it comes to having lower standards for state officials given special powers than we do for random schmucks, at least we’re consistent. From the lowest local cop to the highest federal politicians, why do we not only refuse to set standards but also remove ethical expectations?

derf82 ,

Yet another thing that tens of millions of people across the country would instantly lose their job for

Would they? Vendors in the private sector are constantly handing out goodies to clients. Sports tickets, food, gift baskets and more. Hell, I’ve seen vendors pay for vacations in the private sector.

Also, as the case states, these things are largely illegal to varying degrees at the state level for state and local employees. This decision just said the Feds can’t pile on with additional charges.

IzzyScissor ,

Haha, what a silly Onion article!

:checks URL:

Oh. Oh no.

uis ,

Welcome to Russia post-Covid world

Happywop ,

I think SCOTUS isn’t relevant anymore. If i were a state governor I would flat out refuse to abide by or use a guidance anything coming from this “court”.

Zink ,

At this point it’s pretty easy to imagine a governor or president giving the SC the finger and doing what they want.

Unfortunately when I see that play out in my mind, it’s a Republican doing it. Yes, even though the SC is biased in their direction.

31337 ,

I believe this happened, and is still happening in regards to Texas ignoring the SC ruling about letting federal Border Patrol agents access to certain parts of the border.

frostysauce ,

Greg Abbott would certainly ignore any decision he didn’t agree with.

JovialMicrobial ,

The Supreme Court members who outed themselves as pro-corruption need to be given the 'Vote of No Confidence" treatment. Not just Kavanaugh, Alito, and Thomas, also remove the ones who quietly voted for post action bribes to be legal.

samus12345 ,
@samus12345@lemmy.world avatar

They’ve made their decision, now let them enforce it.

HawlSera ,

…Am I allowed to pass on to a better place now?

BleatingZombie ,

I know you’re probably just kidding (and it’s funny), but please don’t. I don’t even know you and I can promise this world is a better place with you in it

indepndnt ,

For one, it sounds like they oppose corrupt courts, so that’s a plus!

HawlSera ,

I’m not kidding, but I also cannot self-terminate so I’m not going anywhere anytime soon unless it’s a case of “Mind that bus!” “What bus?” splat

Which again I wouldn’t do intentionally because that would be self-termination and I can’t do that.

BleatingZombie ,

I’ve been there. The only thing that’s ever helped me feel like there’s a light at the end of the tunnel was talking to someone

ChillPenguin ,

Bro… Fuck this country.

ssladam ,

Saw the title, figured it couldn’t be that bad. Read the article. It is that bad.

AA5B ,

Then they at the end they give that know an extra twist by specifically mentioning two justices notorious for receiving substantial bribes rewards who didn’t feel the need to recuse themselves.

ChillPenguin ,

That’s exactly what I did too. I was like “they’ve gotta be exaggerating.” Nope, not at all. Ffs

Nicoleism101 ,

my condolences

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

I guarantee this is happening in your country too whether or not it’s legal.

androogee ,

I guarantee this is happening in your country too whether or not it’s legal

So is murder, that doesn’t make it not bad if the highest court in the land makes murder legal

Jesus Christ. What a comment. 🤦

FlyingSquid ,
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I never said it wasn’t bad. Of course it’s bad. I’m just saying politicians are being bribed everywhere and getting away with it all the time whether or not it’s legal. So yes, this is bad, but I also don’t think much will change because of it.

You literally have to be hoarding gold bars to get punished for that sort of thing in America.

Plus, as others have pointed out, this doesn’t actually legalize corruption because the issue here can still be covered by other laws.

Nicoleism101 ,

Yeah like squid get some sugar in the blood or hydrate or smh are you all right

Nicoleism101 ,

Whether it is legal or not is the whole crux of the thing…

If it isn’t legal then it is purely a matter of the skill of law enforcement. If it is legal then well, condolences.

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

it is purely a matter of the skill of law enforcement

This is America. Law enforcement exists to protect the rich and powerful, especially from this sort of thing. The politicians get caught are just too stupid to figure out how to hide it.

Also, as others have pointed out, this doesn’t actually legalize corruption.

Nicoleism101 ,

Well, my condolences x2 then

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

That’s the bigger thing to have condolences about, honestly. In general, if you’re rich and powerful, you can do whatever the hell you want in the U.S. and the law will be on your side. That’s one of the reasons why it’s so amazing that Trump was found guilty in the New York trial.

Nicoleism101 , (edited )

I hear you, well that’s just plain depressing, hope it changes at some point. Sometimes it has to get worse to get better.

When the illusion of a successful country dissipates that’s when the real changes can be introduced.

Unrestrained capitalism will never solve your country mounting problems that one I am sure. At some point the problems will become too severe to brainwash even the most easily influenced voters. As long as they have it good or ok, they can be recruited but there’s a limit and populism is inherently short-sighted and thus short-lived. It’s akin to burst of anger out of denial that can’t survive long in it’s powerful but unstable state of constant crisis. Trump is a harbringer of change and a proof that we hate changes but there’s nothing anyone can do to stop them and those trumps and such only accelerate the inevitable societal progress. I wouldn’t say let him rule because this would be unfair to many people but it will eventually pass and will be a building block for the better tomorrow.

There’s no power in the world that could bring back catholic medieval society at this point.

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

I hope so too.

uis ,

If it is legal then well, condolences.

Law enforcement still has their… ways. They might suddenly find bad of white powder.

uis ,

Navalny, is that you?

Maggoty ,

I didn’t think they could weaken it any further, you already had to get caught on tape exchanging money, laughing maniacally, and saying, “This is a bribe for X action.”

Now you can do that, as long as it happens after the politician delivers. That’s a kickback. It’s the fucking definition of a kickback. They gave someone a contract and the contractor then gave the contract giver a large sum of money.

Snapz ,

Cake or Death, but if you choose cake, it’s only given AFTER the death

Snapz ,

If you write “NOT BRIBE” on the cheek, it obviously CANNOT be a bribe.

jeffw OP ,

I nominate this guy for SCOTUS

uis ,

“Envelope marked BRIBE. Empty.”

phoenixz ,

typically payments made to an official after an official act as a token of appreciation

Am I taking crazy pills or is this asshole just literally saying here that it’s okay to be corrupt?

rbesfe ,

Don’t worry, it’s only okay if the payment is made after the act is carried out. Everyone knows that corruption follows a strict order of operations, which if broken, means it’s not corruption anymore!

Buddahriffic ,

It removes one of the angles that made attempting to bribe someone risky: they could just take the bribe but then do what they were going to do anyways. Can’t really retaliate legally without admitting you tried to bribe someone and if they told anyone about it in private, then there’s a good chance that motive will come out if the official ends up dead.

But now the whole process is going to be the official does the act and it’s the briber’s choice if they follow through.

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