Iohannes99Supreme Court Ethics Bill Passes Committee over 100% Republican Opposition
Legislators should have to wear NASCAR-style suits with patches from their sponsors on them.
Bribery needs to be illegal. Money is not speech.
TrontheTechieMoney isn’t speech because me buying crack isn’t protected by the constitution. If I can’t do illegal things with my money why can they?
It is an oversimplification. The supreme court distinguishes between nonverbal acts that are political speech, and acts that are just acts. It’s not the money, it is the act of giving the money. Just like burning the flag is political speech. I’m not saying that Citizens United is correct, or that we are on the right path. Even if we had a honest acting Supreme Court ready to fix everything, they’d have to tread carefully to avoid fucking everything up.
That doesn’t fit on a t-shirt. /s