Judicial Corruption Quotes
Adopted by the original Edinburgh Review Magazine as its motto.
“Magistrate” has the meaning of leading public official of an area. Mayors are often called the Chief Magistrates of the city, for example.
The Supreme court ruled that monetary campaign contributions were a form of political speech and as such could not be limited. The result was that the richest people and the largest corporations could pay any politician any amount of money if the called it a campaign contribution. Under the Congressional rules at the time there were ways that the so called campaign contributions could be used for the legislator’s personal and family benefit and when members of Congress retired there were ways that they could take their “unspent” campaign funds with them for personal use. The resultant system was what Senator McCain called “bribery”, which before the Supreme Court rendered this decision was a felony. That which had been unethical and criminal became legal.
This is the earliest surviving attempt of the Romans to formulate a legal code.
This document was a type of Magna Carta but far earlier.
This document was a type of Magna Carta but far earlier.
An annual salary of $17,000 was a huge salary at that time, Members of Congress only made $7,500. In New York State, the Supreme Court is NOT the highest court. It is the basic trial level court . The highest court was and is, the Court of Appeals.
Others argue that the prosecutors are the weakest link in the system. See {631696}.
Self Given Title. “Bacon’s Rebellion” was an abortive insurrection in protest of the behavior of the Colonial Governor of Virginia. He unified poor whites and Blacks and suddenly died of disease and his rebellion fizzled.
Scalia had been a close friend of the Vice President. He had recently been taken on the Vice President’s plane and they went duck hunting.
