Sounds like Scalia and Thomas were selected to represent the interest of crooks

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The Supreme Court just weakened the anti-corruption laws. But Scalia and Thomas would have struck them down completely:


Ex-Enron chief could benefit as Supreme Court ruling weakens anti-corruption law

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, speaking for the court, said the law "criminalizes only schemes to defraud that involve bribes or kickbacks." It does not cover, for example, the case of public official who fails to disclose a possible conflict of interest.

In the cases of Skilling and Black, "we express no opinion on the question of whether the error" in their trials "was ultimately harmless but leave that matter for consideration on remand," Ginsburg said.

Although the majority of justices agreed to narrow the law to cover only schemes where a public official or corporate executive enriched himself or herself at the expense of the public or the shareholders, Justices Antonin Scalia, Anthony M. Kennedy and Clarence Thomas would have gone further and struck down the law entirely, even when bribes or kickbacks were involved.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/nationworld/la-na-court-corruption-20100625,0,2036389.story

[harun]

1. The Republican presidents are putting Corpo-Fascist's on the bench.

[pocoloco]

2. So....?

All with Dem help.

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6. Really. Who's sorry now.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

3. Please don't forget judicial activist Chief Justice Roberts

Who lied through his teeth about respecting stare decisis and who went out of his way to broaden the question before the court in order to dismantle democracy and sell it to the highest bidder with his Citizen's United "money is speech" travesty.

There has been a concerted effort underway for years to pervert and derail the judicial system for political ends, both within the Justice Department and the Supreme Court and we are finally seeing the culmination of it. We just also got their "Protecting Corporate Criminals" decision. I'm sure there's a lot more to come.

Our legislators are bought and sold and our judges are the same except for some holdovers. We are truly in the twilight years. The light gets dimmer each and every day.

[Octafish]

4. Scum of the Earth.

With all due respect to scum.

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5. I'm going to be the first to say it.

Our Supreme Court is turning into a papal state. They're suppose to help us avoid the implosion of our country. Instead, they're speeding it up by taking the power out of the hands of the voting public, and putting it in the hands of the oligarchy which they are a part of.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

7. You're right and I get it. nt

[unhappycamper]

8. ..

[Blue Owl]

9. I say let's pitch in and buy the SCOTUS 5 a well-deserved vacation

snorkeling in the Gulf of Mexico.