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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.social/users/PattyHanson/statuses/113846715865970920">Support the Resistance (pattyhanson@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 23-Jan-2025 03:22:00 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/@PattyHanson" title="pattyhanson@mastodon.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/77964-48-20250122054629.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Support the Resistance" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Support the Resistance</a><div><a href="https://geekdom.social/@FantasticalEconomics/113844910814333176" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a><ul><li></ul></div></section><article><p><a href="https://geekdom.social/@FantasticalEconomics">@FantasticalEconomics</a> Of course this was another gift SCOTUS gave Trump. They essentially made bribery for political favors legal. Trump will just use a pass thru so he doesn't personally receive the money until after he grants the favors</p><p>...The U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling today that effectively legalizes bribery for state and local officials, so long as they receive the cash or gifts after taking the official act that the briber wants... </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LegalBribery" rel="tag">#LegalBribery</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPOL" rel="tag">#USPOL</a> </p><p><a href="https://prospect.org/justice/2024-06-26-supreme-court-blesses-form-bribery-snyder-v-us/#:~:text=The%20U.S.%20Supreme%20Court%20issued,act%20that%20the%20briber%20wants" rel="nofollow">https://prospect.org/justice/2024-06-26-supreme-court-blesses-form-bribery-snyder-v-us/#:~:text=The%20U.S.%20Supreme%20Court%20issued,act%20that%20the%20briber%20wants</a>.</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/4426484#notice-8659944">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-01-23T03:22:00+09:00" title="Thursday, 23-Jan-2025 03:22:00 JST">about a month ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@PattyHanson/113846715865970920" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.social via ActivityPub">mastodon.social</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@PattyHanson/113846715865970920">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: prospect.org</div><h5><a href="https://prospect.org/justice/2024-06-26-supreme-court-blesses-form-bribery-snyder-v-us/#:~:text=The%20U.S.%20Supreme%20Court%20issued,act%20that%20the%20briber%20wants">The Supreme Court Blesses a Form of Bribery</a></h5><div> from <span>https://prospect.org/topics/hassan-ali-kanu/</span></div></header><div>The ruling can be understood only as a policy preference.</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Support the Resistance (pattyhanson@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 23-Jan-2025 03:22:00 JSTSupport the Resistance
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@FantasticalEconomics Of course this was another gift SCOTUS gave Trump. They essentially made bribery for political favors legal. Trump will just use a pass thru so he doesn't personally receive the money until after he grants the favors
...The U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling today that effectively legalizes bribery for state and local officials, so long as they receive the cash or gifts after taking the official act that the briber wants...
#LegalBribery #USPOL
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