• @[email protected]
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    251 month ago

    The Supreme Court ruling splits a very fine hair. If you give a government official money and say “make sure my housing development goes through”, that’s a bribe and it’s illegal. If you show them money and say “I’ll give you this if my housing development goes through”, that’s a gratuity and is perfectly fine.

    Why, yes, this is a stupid as it sounds.

    • Schadrach
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      41 month ago

      Wrong Supreme Court decision. They said Citizens United.