Has been legal since Citizens United, the mask is just off.
It was never illegal. Its called lobbying and it’s what billionaires have been doing for decades.
It was illegal before?
I thought the SC legalized it last year. Then again, so much crazy has come out of them these past years, it’s hard to keep track.
Congress legalized it in 2017 when they failed to impeach Trump on Inauguration Day for violating the Emoluments Clause.
Yeah just least year when they ruled on Citizens United. Oh…that was 15 years ago. Fuck, we’re so cooked
They went further last year in Snyder vs United States.
You can now give gifts and money to elected officials as long as you don’t explicitly mention what you want them to do for you. The law was already well undermined with Citizen United, but now the only thing that is essentially still illegal is the proverbial suitcase with money being handed over in exchange for services, and I’m sure that’ll go at some stage as well.
It was illegal ?
No, the Supreme Court slowly chipped away at anything that bans corruption ever since the Powell Memo was written.
To clarify, we all know the Citizens United decision legalized bribery of Congress; this article talks about the removal of protections on bribery and revolving door practices in the executive branch. With those protections in place he might have had trouble filling his administration with his favorite billionaires.
When wasn’t it?
And just like that, we got the blatant corruption of the US government. Holy shit! lol Well if it weren’t so tragic it’d almost be entertaining. I’m so sorry to all Americans. Truly, you’ve always deserved better than this.
I’m pretty cynical, especially when it comes to the Cheeto in Chief. As far as I’m concerned, this is the least damaging thing he’s done. Bribery is, quite literally, the least of the problems his presidency will create.
It already was
Another shocking development from the Lobster Mobster.
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