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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 16 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

FFS this isn't already illegal???

When I was a kid many states banned alcohol sales on election day. This gradually died out about 10 years ago, but Washington still has a law specifically barring candidates and their organizations from buying people drinks that day. Seems incredible that bribing voters outright with money hasn't been outlawed.

[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It is already explicitly illegal but right-wing courts have used "creative" interpretations of law to make it ok. Kinda like civil asset forfeiture, which is clearly and explicitly in violation of the US Constitution. Or "qualified immunity", which was invented by the USSC with no basis in law to make it so that the government doesn't really have to follow the US Constitution and could violate civil rights as much as they want.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

It helps when you can put people on the court yourself, and then have it rule that presidential immunity covers your insurrection.