It’s called a “gratuity” now instead of a bribe. I guess the SCOTUS was feeling left out watching the other two branches make money hand over fist and decided to legalize it.
Edit: apparently the difference is getting paid after, instead of before, whatever “service” is provided.
Blindly following precedent without reason, maybe…but applying the law without any form of consistency isn’t helpful either. Rulings need to be fair, across the board. They can’t wildly swing from one precedent to another, depending on the individual whims of whichever judge is currently deciding a case.
That’s exactly what’s happening now, with the current Supreme Court…and look at how that’s going.
I wasn’t suggesting it, that phrase is an older conservative trope from legal blog from 20 years ago that is clearly motivating the current Supreme Court. (The current strict scrutiny podcast references it too in a clearly sarcastic tone as well)
Wasn’t this already decided when they ruled that stop-and-frisk laws were unconstitutional due to racial profiling?
Lol. You think this court cares what happened in 2013?
Only if it happened in 1862.
The court doesn’t give a fuck about anything but being corrupt at this point.
Why respect precedent when you can just make a new one and get bribed for it?
It’s called a “gratuity” now instead of a bribe. I guess the SCOTUS was feeling left out watching the other two branches make money hand over fist and decided to legalize it.
Edit: apparently the difference is getting paid after, instead of before, whatever “service” is provided.
Stare Decisis is for suckers.
Blindly following precedent without reason, maybe…but applying the law without any form of consistency isn’t helpful either. Rulings need to be fair, across the board. They can’t wildly swing from one precedent to another, depending on the individual whims of whichever judge is currently deciding a case.
That’s exactly what’s happening now, with the current Supreme Court…and look at how that’s going.
I wasn’t suggesting it, that phrase is an older conservative trope from legal blog from 20 years ago that is clearly motivating the current Supreme Court. (The current strict scrutiny podcast references it too in a clearly sarcastic tone as well)