# The Supreme Court may be considering the legalization of bribery **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 4, 2016, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-supreme-court-may-be-considering-the-legalization-of-bribery/753877 "2016-05-04T12:45:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-supreme-court-may-be-considering-the-legalization-of-bribery/753877/201 "2016-09-09T13:40:37Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Demostrate anything I said in the thread that was wrong or confused. BUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! > [@septimus](#): > > I’m asking whether those so proud of the decision in _Citizens United v Actual Citizens_ think that extending “free speech” to include bribery _is wise public policy_. BUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! No tie whatsoever to Citizens United. A unanimous Supreme Court overturned the conviction. Hard to argue this is a partisan attempt to legalize bribery when every single justice voted the same way. Despite the patient attempts by me and **Richard Parker** to educate you, and to point out the likelihood that if he and I agreed, the underlying principle was unlikely to be grounded in partisan bias, you remained unmoved. So what are you saying now? That despite posting an OP which was wrong in its understanding of the legal issues and showed a complete lack of comprehension of both the case law and the statutes involved, it’s OK, because you’re Proud Not To Be A Lawyer and Stuff? Look, if you had started a thread that said, “I don’t know or care about the legal aspects, but McDonnell’s actions were tawdry and shameful,” I would have agreed, and I still do. But you didn’t. You started a thread that commented on the legal aspects of the case, your analysis was weak then and demonstrably wrong now, and now you want to rewrite the narrative as your brave stand against Evil Lawyers and their corrupt Laws. Sadly for this effort, the OP cannot be edited by you. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-supreme-court-may-be-considering-the-legalization-of-bribery/753877/202 "2016-09-09T18:23:38Z")
The post above says much, much more about the kind of person **Bricker** is and what his mental state is than anything I can recall reading on these forums. Thank you for posting so much personal information so concisely, **Bricker**. ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-supreme-court-may-be-considering-the-legalization-of-bribery/753877/203 "2016-09-09T19:26:42Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > The post above says much, much more about the kind of person **Bricker** is and what his mental state is than anything I can recall reading on these forums. Thank you for posting so much personal information so concisely, **Bricker**. I know, he’s awesome, right? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-supreme-court-may-be-considering-the-legalization-of-bribery/753877/204 "2016-09-09T19:50:43Z")
Not the word I would have used, no. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-supreme-court-may-be-considering-the-legalization-of-bribery/753877/205 "2016-09-09T20:08:17Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > The post above says much, much more about the kind of person **Bricker** is and what his mental state is than anything I can recall reading on these forums. Thank you for posting so much personal information so concisely, **Bricker**. Couldn’t we say the same thing about you in your ‘I’ll play my music as loud as I want’ and ‘throw things down the quarry’ threads? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-supreme-court-may-be-considering-the-legalization-of-bribery/753877/206 "2016-09-09T20:31:36Z")
If this is **Bricker** when he’s right about something, sure glad he isn’t right often. ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-supreme-court-may-be-considering-the-legalization-of-bribery/753877/207 "2016-09-09T20:52:13Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Not the word I would have used, no. Fabulous? Fierce? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-supreme-court-may-be-considering-the-legalization-of-bribery/753877.md?page=10)