Atom@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 months agoManhattan Prosecutors Agree to Delay Trump’s Sentencingwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1154arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1151arrow-down1external-linkManhattan Prosecutors Agree to Delay Trump’s Sentencingwww.nytimes.comAtom@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square40fedilinkfile-text
Alternate news organization: https://apnews.com/article/trump-hush-money-sentencing-bragg-4d5f8ce399656abff72d7c114a04060d
minus-squareAtHeartEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up55arrow-down1·2 months agoSo corruption is legal now
minus-squarechetradley@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up44·2 months agoEffectively yes. The SCOTUS has been hard at work over the past few months dismantling government checks and balances. They’ve ruled that politicians can throw out rulings from experts, take bribes without consequence, and attempt to overthrow the results of an election.
minus-squareKrono@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoCorruption has been legal since 2010 when the Supreme Court ruled on Citizens United vs. FEC
minus-squareMaeve@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoOnly for the wealthy and those peripherally connected.
So corruption is legal now
Effectively yes. The SCOTUS has been hard at work over the past few months dismantling government checks and balances. They’ve ruled that politicians can throw out rulings from experts, take bribes without consequence, and attempt to overthrow the results of an election.
Corruption has been legal since 2010 when the Supreme Court ruled on Citizens United vs. FEC
Only for the wealthy and those peripherally connected.