The Supreme Court’s View of Politics Is Unbearably Bleak

Posted on AllSides May 8th, 2020
From The Left
SCOTUS, Bridgegate scandal, Chris Christie, political corruption
OPINION

In overturning the criminal convictions that resulted from the Bridgegate scandal, the Court is essentially accepting that political corruption is here to stay.

Public corruption has already had quite a year, and now the Supreme Court has given it a big boost. A unanimous Supreme Court on Thursday overturned the criminal convictions that resulted from the so-called Bridgegate scandal, when then-Governor Chris Christie’s aides ordered the realignment of bridge lanes to hurt Christie’s political opponent.

In the decision, Kelly v. United States, the Court did not deny that is what...

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