Comments on: Bribery by Any Other Name http://politicalirony.com/2012/09/27/bribery-by-any-other-name/ Humor and Hypocrisy from the World of Politics Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:10:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Arthanyel http://politicalirony.com/2012/09/27/bribery-by-any-other-name/#comment-210149 Arthanyel Thu, 27 Sep 2012 17:16:22 +0000 http://politicalirony.com/?p=12187#comment-210149 The fact that wealthy individuals can use their wealth to flout the law is an unfortunate side effect of human nature, but the American system was intentionally designed to minimize the damage. Thanks to Citizen’s United the brakes are off.

HOWEVER – the Supreme Court has made it CLEAR in multiple statements including the original decision that if there is proof of, “corruption, or the APPEARANCE of corruption” then their ruling would be overturned.

The ACLU or whoever is legally challenging Citizen’s United should use Adelson’s comments and the results as a clear “appearance of corruption” to get the decision overturned.

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