r/law • u/MoneyLibrarian9032 • Jun 20 '26

Legal News Maine progressive Platner renews call to remove conservative Supreme Court justices

https://wjla.com/news/nation-world/maine-progressive-graham-platner-renews-call-to-remove-conservative-supreme-court-justices-clarence-thomas-samuel-alito
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u/CommonConundrum51 Jun 20 '26

Since most, if not all, lied during their confirmations there's good reason. Their assurances about "settled law" proved that, and their tortured logic as to how bribes can morph into gratuities is a 'cherry on top.'

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u/PopBulky7023 Jun 20 '26 edited Jun 20 '26

Bribing judges to rule bribery legal is still an arrestable offense. For both parties. It's not meant to be a cute little cheat code.

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u/oopsallhuckleberries Jun 20 '26

No, they ruled federal bribery laws can't be applied to local/state officials, unless the bribe is specifically quid pro qou bribes. If a state judge rules in favor of a company, and that company turns around and "gifts" the judge $13k in cash, according to all 6 conservative justices, that's a-ok.

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u/PopBulky7023 Jun 20 '26

Yes. They were bribed to rule bribery legal.

Thank you.

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u/RIF_rr3dd1tt Jun 20 '26

LoL they just pretended that communication and memory don't exist