take_five_seconds [he/him, any]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 months agoSupreme Court wipes out anti-corruption law that bars officials from taking gifts for past favorswww.latimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1156arrow-down11
arrow-up1155arrow-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 · 4 months agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-squaremindlesscrollyparrot@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 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.