Wouldn’t that open them up to other crimes like false advertising?
Try violations of federal election law:
https://electionlawblog.org/?p=147042
It seems pretty cut and dried.
Besides that, wouldn’t it count as taxable wages and need a W-2 OR 1099 if it’s not a lottery or gift?
Fraudulent advertising, apparently.
Even if Musk’s lawyers don’t succeed in making this go away and the whole thing does turn out to have been illegal, it won’t make any difference: the election will be long over by then
Just another example of the privilege that money buys.
Best legal system money can buy
Common law, right? Even if the resolution doesn’t have a practical impact now, it’s important to set a precedent (hopefully to prevent such things in the future).
But isn’t the point that it’s pretty clearly illegal already, which is why they’re now framing it as something else?
As long as rich reich-wingers can just throw lawyers at something that looks like vote buying, they can drag things out until elections are over and then it’ll be too late – can’t undo the effect post hoc.
I highly doubt that works on any vaguely competent/not-bought-out judge.
In America?
