@jimm619 saidThe Yahoo article clearly does not say anything about legally bribing anyone. It says
BIG MONEY WINS AGAIN
https://news.yahoo.com/1-u-supreme-court-backs-143124511.html
"that a $250,000 cap on the amount of money political candidates can be reimbursed after an election for personal loans to their own campaigns ran afoul of the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment guarantee of freedom of speech by unjustifiably burdening political expression".
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@quackquack saidOh, yeah.......right... In real life, we know how this stuff plays out.
The Yahoo article clearly does not say anything about legally bribing anyone. It says
"that a $250,000 cap on the amount of money political candidates can be reimbursed after an election for personal loans to their own campaigns ran afoul of the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment guarantee of freedom of speech by unjustifiably burdening political expression".
Also from the link.
Trevor Potter, president of
The Campaign Legal Center, a nonpartisan group that supports campaign finance laws, expressed disappointment at the ruling.
"Permitting candidates to solicit unlimited post-election contributions to repay their personal campaign loans and put the donor money in their own pockets gives an obvious and lamentable opening for special interests to purchase official favors and rig the political system in their favor," Potter said.
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Oh...My...GAWD....
Ya mean there's political bribery and graft going on in America?
Sheesh, who'd a thunk it?
Someone needs to tell President Biden, he'll fix it!
He's like, so honest, and he swore he'd never lie to us, just like Kamala has also promised.
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@jj-adams saidThat bribery and "graft" (the word is "grift", btw) was unanimously allowed by all the conservative SCOTUS Justices.
Oh...My...GAWD....
Ya mean there's political bribery and graft going on in America?
Sheesh, who'd a thunk it?
Someone needs to tell President Biden, he'll fix it!
Surprise, surprise.
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@jj-adams saidWhat did Ms Kamala lie about?
Oh...My...GAWD....
Ya mean there's political bribery and graft going on in America?
Sheesh, who'd a thunk it?
Someone needs to tell President Biden, he'll fix it!
He's like, so honest, and he swore he'd never lie to us, just like Kamala has also promised.
(Short pause allowed for laughter to subside)
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@jimm619 saidKeeping a man she knew was innocent on death row when she was the district attorney in San Francisco until she was forced to provide the exonerating evidence she was hiding for starters.
What did Ms Kamala lie about?
You want more?
What kind of monster would do a thing like that?
@shavixmir saidThe Trump Three on the Court are just showing how low they will go in paying the right back for their lifetime appointments.
Campaign finance is a horrific issue in the US.
Any attempts at closing it down should be applauded. The supreme court’s ruling is appauling.
@vivify saidFrom Wikipedia:
That bribery and "graft" (the word is "grift", btw) was unanimously allowed by all the conservative SCOTUS Justices.
Surprise, surprise.
Although the conflict between public and private interests is common to all forms of corruption, the term "graft" is specific to the intentional misdirection of official funds. Although not the original usage of the term, graft in the modern context is commonly used as a blanket term for political embezzlement, influence peddling, or other forms of corruption. While embezzlement and influence peddling are elements sometimes present in graft, the relationship is not deterministic.
From dictionary.com:
grift
[ grift ]
Slang.
noun
1.(sometimes used with a plural verb) a group of methods for obtaining money falsely through the use of swindles, frauds, dishonest gambling, etc.
2.money obtained from such practices.
verb (used without object)
1.to profit by the use of grift: a man known to have grifted for many years.
verb (used with object)
1.to obtain (money or other profit) by grift.
Where 'grift' meets 'graft', an article in the Columbia Journalism Review:
The difference between “grift” and “graft” may come down to whether the person committing it is taking advantage of an official position. As M-W says in its Words at Play entry on the difference between “grifter” and “grafter”: “The grifter is a small-time confidence man, a carnival swindler, or thief of some sort or other. The grafter may be most of these things, but also may be someone who engages in the ‘political corruption’ sense of the word graft.”
For a blatant example of both, see 'The Trump Crime Family'.-- Suzi
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@jj-adams saidSo you approve this decision?
Oh...My...GAWD....
Ya mean there's political bribery and graft going on in America?
Sheesh, who'd a thunk it?
Someone needs to tell President Biden, he'll fix it!
He's like, so honest, and he swore he'd never lie to us, just like Kamala has also promised.
(Short pause allowed for laughter to subside)
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@shavixmir saidThe biggest problem of all.
Campaign finance is a horrific issue in the US.
Any attempts at closing it down should be applauded. The supreme court’s ruling is appauling.