What was the vote?
is it âunanimousâ or âoverturnsâ you ask about ?
WTF? What possible reasoning could all the justices have used here? And why in the flying fuck is Don Siegelman still in jail now?
WASHINGTON (AP) â A unanimous Supreme Court has overturned the corruption conviction of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell in a ruling that makes it harder to prosecute elected officials accused of bribery.
McDonnell now edging out Gingrich in the Trump veepstakes.
The headline say unanimous - could all 8 justices have voted this way?
For the same reason that nine people can continually come to 5-4 decisions while interpreting the same document - because the contents of the document mean nothing, itâs all about what agenda is being pushed.
If you read between the lines of the Constitution, IOKIYAAR is clearly stated.
Will look forward to hearing why this came down as âunanimousâ â can only assume some really flagant mistakes were made along the line. Very puzzling.
Apparently
The Supreme Court on Monday made it harder to prosecute public officials for corruption, unanimously vacating the conviction of Bob McDonnell, a former governor of Virginia.
Laws and rules are for peasants.
Still a good day for AmericaâŚBob has been very publicly humiliated⌠which is unusual for a Republican.
Havenât seen the decision, but I would have to surmise that it revolves around the specific actions McDonnell took to help out Williams. If he didnât push state regulators to do something, or not do something, and didnât try to persuade legislators to act in some way that would benefit Williams, the Court probably reasoned that he took no âofficial actionâ in exchange for the gifts.
Apparently, then, itâs OK for the governor of a state to moonlight, accepting money to shill for someoneâs products.
This is good news - for Donald Trump!
âBribery will get you everywhere!â
You would think that being revealed as a cheap little grifter would be enough to end someoneâs political career. But Trump.
In their briefs to the Supreme Court, Mr. McDonnellâs lawyers relied on the Citizens United decision in 2010, in which the Supreme Court said that âingratiation and accessâ were ânot corruption.â That year, the court ruled in favor of a former Enron executive, Jeffrey K. Skilling, saying that a federal anticorruption law governing âhonest servicesâ applied only to bribes and kickbacks.
I am pleased to know that official bribery is now perfectly legal under federal law.
Trump/McDonnell '16!
I still would like to know who paid for his SCOTUS level legal team. Lawyers at that price point bill out at $400, or more, an hour. Considering that Bob has been saying for some time that heâs flat broke someone(s) laid out serious cash to get his case to the SCOTUS and to plead it.
Follow the damn money!
I am sorry, but that is fucking bullshit. Bribery is now perfectly legal so long as the parties are clever enough to ever so slightly conceal the connection between the bribe and the âofficial action.â This is a horrible day for America.