• vortic@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    allowing them to profit through “normal/legal” channels prevents them from taking bribes or seeking other forms of income.

    This doesn’t seem to have worked. Thomas and Alito are the glaring examples, but I wouldn’t be at all surprised to learn that they all take bribes of one form or another, whether intentionally or unintentionally because their actions bear no personal consequences other than enrichment.

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      6 months ago

      Correct, it doesn’t work. Which is why the justification is stupid and there should be stricture regulations to prevent conflict of interest.