Instructive to note that influence peddling is not actually a crime under the US code. It's simply governance.
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This is right-the demand for an evident quid pro quo shrinks reality of how insidiously influence works.
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But if money is to be mother's milk of politics with donor-funded elections, then it's a rigged game.
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Should apply to all politicians. Sadly, it is rigged. Need publicly funded elections. A Sanders virtue.
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By the way I supported Lawrence Lessig's quixotic campaign and wish it would've gotten greater traction.
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Change is impossible without five good USSCJ votes and the right test case.
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unanimous decision, right? You could be wrong, right?
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or the justices could all be biasedhttp://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/06/23/us/politics/justices-disclose-privately-paid-trips-and-gifts.html …
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@NewYorker@tnyCloseRead why are we surprised? SCOTUS justices also accept lavish gifts, payments, and tripshttp://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/06/23/us/politics/justices-disclose-privately-paid-trips-and-gifts.html …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@AppellateDaily@tnyCloseRead Oh stop it.There was not a shred of evidence of a quid pro quo in this case.It was a witch hunt.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@realDonaldTrump now if this isn't this just the biggest green flag for our paid politicians to screw us even more
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Wrong. There’s a reason the decision was unanimous.
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indeed there is. To protect themselves.http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/06/23/us/politics/justices-disclose-privately-paid-trips-and-gifts.html …
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this would appear as though it was a get out of jail card between big business and the government. Ugh!!!!
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Good grief! Put everything on a rail and get it out of here. When is enough,enough?
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It's the system that's corrupt and SOTUS helped make it so with Citizens United decision.
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and most people don't know what the hell they doing need some young blood out there get rid of those old douchebags
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Free Don Siegelman
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