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FireTower ,
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Posted this in another thread on the issue but worth saying again because most people see to be confused as to the actual implications of this ruling:

Although a gratuity or reward offered and accepted by a state or local official after the official act may be unethical or illegal under other federal, state, or local laws, the gratuity does not violate §666.

Tldr the ruling only was about in relation to one law. The party may be guilty of a form of corruption under a different law.

www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/…/23-108_8n5a.pdf

Read page 2 of the syllabus where it says “Held:” until page 4 if you want the shorter version.

Otherwise there’s a 16 page explanation under the “opinion of the court” section directly after the syllabus, for those who are interested in a longer explanation.

Silentiea ,
@Silentiea@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Can I get a teal deer for that tldr?

FireTower ,
@FireTower@lemmy.world avatar

TLDR of the TLDR:

Court said the gov charged him with the wrong thing. Look for another charge, he’s probably screwed.

Maggoty , (edited )

Except SCOTUS will just strike down the next one too. The modern court has never supported bribery charges that come before it.

Edit to add a quick history from the last 25 years.

Sun Diamond Growers - The government must prove the bribe is actually connected to the act.

Skilling - Corruption charges require a second party to give you a bribe or kickback, self dealing is fine.

Citizens United - Money is political speech, and you can spend as much as you want on an election.

McDonnell - Acting as a pay to play gatekeeper is fine. Even if the government connects the bribe to the act.

Ted Cruz - Politicians can keep unspent campaign funds as long as they maintain the fiction of having lent the campaign money.

Snyder - Kickbacks aren’t actionable. <- We are here.

JackOfNoTrades ,

This is clearly a dark road to go down and a terrible idea for the country. I personally couldn’t be anymore against this.

That said should there not be stricter rules on titles on a news subreddit? A lot of the titles I’ve seen recently are clearly prejudiced or undescriptive.

I think it’s important we maintain a high level of accuracy on news subreddits to limit the spread of misinformation.

Kbobabob ,

That title is directly from the article. You think the OP should instead use their own title?

JackOfNoTrades ,

My bad, I didn’t realise that that was the article title. I’m surprised that Vox chose to go with that title but obviously that’s got nothing to do with this post or the community rules.

cley_faye ,

This is not a subreddit, and this is the original article’s title.

_wizard ,
@_wizard@lemmy.world avatar

Right? Dude thinks this is reddit.

Tja ,

Is pepsi okay?

TheRealKuni ,

That’s exactly what Pepsi is.

Chewget ,

Shitty coke

tacosplease ,

What do we call the Lemmy version of a subreddit?

fuzzzerd ,

Community.

tacosplease ,

Thank you

tacosplease ,

There are already rules. One of the rules is that the title of the post has to match the title of the article. This post follows that rule.

DogPeePoo ,

NOW is the proper time for Alito to hang his fucking flag upside down.

JFC.

Waldowal ,
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Now the politicians want tips?!

FuglyDuck ,
@FuglyDuck@lemmy.world avatar

Remember highest tipper gets to control the Domi.

Wait. I shouldn’t make that joke- sex work is way more honest.

Moobythegoldensock ,

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

some_guy ,

It’s why they got elected.

Maggoty ,

*Appointed

lolcatnip ,

They weren’t elected.

some_guy ,

Oh, I thought the headline meant that elected officials (state officials) could engage in corruption. I didn’t read it as Justices of SC could do so, only that they said it’s ok.

FlyingSquid ,
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And I get embarrassed by Indiana once again. Sigh.

BigMacHole ,

It’s a GOOD THING none of these Justices ruling on the Legality of Bribery have EVER taken Bribes!

maxinstuff ,
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Remember kids, bribes are a sometimes food 🙃

gofsckyourself ,

This title is great lmao

rjthyen ,

I’ve posted this elsewhere but I hate this so: A “donation” up front says I’ll see what I can do, money after the fact says I’ll fight for you. Sounds like bribery to me. Not that the current system isn’t but backend feels so much worse

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

blindbunny ,

Who’s ready for a sit it?

Snapz ,

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

ohlaph ,

Sounds like someone could use a little treat.

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