In a stunning defeat for the rule of law, the Supreme Court has decided to set the bar for prosecuting public officials engaged in corruption much higher than anyone has previously countenanced.
Hearing the controversial case of former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell, the court unanimously ruled in his favor and overturned his conviction for bribery. The reason the court gave for this overwhelming display of support for McDonnell is that the jury who found the governor guilty in the first place didn’t understand what constitutes bribery under federal law and thus believed that what he participated in fit that incorrect definition. Observers who read about McDonnell’s activities for themselves, however, may very well come to a very different conclusion.
Seeking state funding for medical tests of dietary pills he planned to sell, Star Scientific Inc. CEO Jonnie Williams sought an audience with McDonnell to discuss the issue with him. So determined was Williams that he ended up giving over $165,000 in gifts and loans to the governor, gifts and loans he McDonnell insists were not linked to the “official action” Williams requested.
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Still they don’t have that power!
FIRE THIS$#%&!@* THIS IDIOT IS A TRAITOR OF THE PEOPLE, WONDER HOW MUCH HIS BANK ACCOUNT RAISED. WE KNOW IT’S A PAY OFF FROM THE CLINTON’S AND OBAMA
Lets see about that after hes out of office, or before.
time for an up rise men past due take the weeds out !up rise & kill all roaches & evil parasites feeding on America the free or u to shall fall it’s not fun watching ur family being murdered in front of u !every f*g every liberal little brat !every democratic piece of garbage helping this muslim garbage walk in well u to will meet ur demise just look at the fags that the Muslims pushed off the top of buildings all u idiots who think u gonna coexist with these people are very much wrong u will be murdered soon after they don’t need u
Yup
TIME TO REPLACE THE COURT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If we have a convention of States, can we dissolve this Supreme Court ????? Fire them.
Of coarse
The Supreme Court has been slowing moving away from it real task of rulings based on the Constitution and Bill of Rights for a while now and it seems they have adopted Congress and the President’s thought that they are better than the American People and therefore don’t have to listen to us anymore
It highlights that the American justice system is increasing corrupt and sometimes blatantly biased. Government protections for the public are failing us. http://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/California-judiciary-s-toothless-watchdog-7421117.php The California Judges Association sent a letter http://www.clrc.ca.gov/pub/2016/MM16-19.pdf, supporting laws that legalize malpractice. These judges express clear bias against plaintiffs. There is public opposition. https://www.change.org/p/the-california-law-revision-commission-change-the-statutes-that-legalize-malpractice