Name: 最高法院再次將賄賂政客合法化 (SCOTUS Effectively Legalizes Bribery of Politicians...AGAIN)
Uploaded: 2024-07-02T00:25:12.000Z
Duration: 14 min 13 s

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But everything you want to know about the Supreme Court can be learned from the decision they did release today, and later from the decision they accidentally released today.

但你想知道的關於最高法院的一切，都可以從他們今天發佈的決定，以及後來他們今天意外發布的決定中瞭解到。

You see for a brief moment today, the court posted a copy of a decision that appears set to allow emergency room doctors in

今天，法院發佈了一份裁決副本，似乎將允許急診室的醫生在以下情況下開展工作

Idaho to perform abortions in certain situations.

愛達荷州在某些情況下可以實施墮胎。

They quickly took it down and we're going to have more on that later.

他們很快就把它撤下來了，我們稍後會有更多報道。

But the first decision, the one they actually meant to actually put up, and they read, the one they released on purpose.

但是，第一個決定，也就是他們真正想要公佈的那個決定，他們讀到了，他們故意公佈的那個決定。

It effectively legalized blatant public corruption, again.

這實際上再次將公然的公共腐敗合法化。

Chris Hayes is 100% correct in his interpretation of a recent Supreme

克里斯-海斯（Chris Hayes）對最近的最高法院判決的解讀是百分之百正確的。

Court ruling that further weakens laws on government corruption and bribery.

法院裁決進一步削弱了有關政府腐敗和賄賂的法律。

And it involves a case with a former mayor of a small town in

這起案件牽涉到美國一個小鎮的前市長。

Indiana who appeared to be engaging in a corruption scheme and was actually federally convicted of doing so.

他在印第安納州看似參與了一項腐敗計劃，但實際上卻被聯邦定罪。

Now before I get to those details and before we get to some insane video on this, Cenk, this is what the Supreme Court has been doing for decades, weakening corruption laws.

在我說這些細節之前，在我們看一些瘋狂的視頻之前，Cenk，這就是最高法院幾十年來一直在做的事情，削弱腐敗法。

Yeah, they've done it in countless instances, not only just Citizens

是的，他們已經做了無數次，不僅僅是公民

United, before that, and I wrote about this injustice that's coming in Baladi and in Buckley v Vallejo.

在此之前，我在巴拉迪案和巴克利訴瓦萊喬案中都寫到了這種不公正。

So they just keep taking away more and more restrictions, so yeah, just go and spend the money, spend the money, billions of dollars, who cares, right?

是以，他們不斷取消越來越多的限制，所以是的，只要去花錢，花錢，數十億美元，誰在乎呢，對嗎？

And there's the legalized corruption, which is campaign donations.

還有合法化的腐敗，也就是競選捐款。

And then there is this now, out and out bribery.

然後就是現在這樣，不折不扣的賄賂。

Governor McDonnell in Virginia, the Enron case, this case, the Supreme Court's saying, no, you could actually bribe them.

弗吉尼亞州州長麥克唐奈爾，安然案，這個案子，最高法院說，不，你實際上可以賄賂他們。

You could actually just give them money and gifts.

實際上，你可以只給他們錢和禮物。

And depending on when you give it, we'll say that, no, it was before, no, it was after, no, it was during, nothing's ever corruption.

我們會說，不，是之前，不，是之後，不，是期間，沒有什麼是腐敗的。

So this is brazen, this is just cash for a contract.

所以，這是明目張膽的，這只是用現金換合同。

But the timing, they're so concerned about the timing, Anna.

但是時間問題，他們太在意時間了，安娜。

So let's get to those details because I can't even believe that they passed down this ruling with a straight face.

讓我們來看看這些細節，因為我甚至不敢相信，他們竟然能坦然地通過這項裁決。

But at the center of that case was a former mayor of Portage, Indiana.

但該案的核心人物是印第安納州波爾塔吉市的前市長。

And as I mentioned earlier, a federal jury actually found him guilty of breaking federal bribery laws.

正如我之前提到的，聯邦陪審團實際上認定他違反了聯邦賄賂法。

Now Snyder was charged under a federal bribery law that makes it a crime for state and local officials to corruptly solicit or accept anything of value from any person intending to be influenced or rewarded for an official act.

現在，斯奈德是根據聯邦賄賂法被起訴的，該法規定，州和地方官員貪汙索取或接受任何人的任何有價物品，以圖在公務行為上受到影響或獎勵，均屬犯罪。

So federal officials argue that the statute also applies to what's referred to as gratuities.

是以，聯邦官員認為，該法規也適用於所謂的酬金。

And that's when the money is exchanged after the political favor is done, okay?

這就是政治恩惠完成後的金錢交換，明白嗎？

All right, so here's Chris Hayes explaining the context of Snyder v the United States.

克里斯-海斯（Chris Hayes）正在解釋 "斯奈德訴美國案 "的來龍去脈。

United States and involves this man, James Snyder, the former Republican mayor of

美國前共和黨市長詹姆斯-斯奈德（James Snyder）。

And as the Chicago Tribune reports, it was Christmas time 2013 and

據《芝加哥論壇報》報道，2013 年聖誕節時

The IRS was after him for a significant tax debt.

國稅局因他欠下鉅額稅款而對他窮追不捨。

And on top of that, he had holiday spending to account for.

此外，他還得為假期開支負責。

於是，斯奈德不請自來，來到了

Great Lakes Peterbilt, the local truck dealership he'd helped to win two lucrative city contracts.

Great Lakes Peterbilt 是當地的卡車經銷商，在他的幫助下贏得了兩份利潤豐厚的市政合同。

That's what I'm here for, the mayor told the owners.

市長告訴業主們，這就是我來這裡的目的。

Snyder a check for $13,000 saying it was for consulting that was never fully performed.

斯奈德收到一張 1.3 萬美元的支票，說是從未完全履行的諮詢費。

Snyder was indicted on federal corruption charges back in 2016.

斯奈德早在 2016 年就因聯邦腐敗指控被起訴。

And after a lengthy back and forth and multiple trials, he was found guilty in 2021.

經過漫長的反反覆覆和多次審判，他於 2021 年被判有罪。

He argues the $13,000 was just a fee for his consulting work, though what that consulting work is a little unclear.

他辯稱，13,000 美元只是他的諮詢費，但具體是什麼諮詢費還不清楚。

What's more, it couldn't possibly be a bribe.

更重要的是，這不可能是賄賂。

This is what he argued before the Supreme Court of the United States.

這就是他在美國最高法院的辯詞。

It couldn't be a bribe, you see, because he received the money after the contracts were allocated.

你看，這不可能是賄賂，因為他是在合同分配之後才收到錢的。

Our audience has helped build TYT into the media giant it is today.

我們的觀眾幫助 TYT 發展成為今天的媒體巨頭。

Together, we can accomplish anything, support our work and join us at tyt.com slash team.

團結起來，我們就能成就一切，請支持我們的工作，加入我們的tyt.com slash 團隊。

Wow, okay, so I mean, you know what this does, right?

哇，好吧，我的意思是，你知道這是幹什麼的吧？

This further opens the floodgates for corruption.

Among elected lawmakers because who's to say that a lawmaker or a candidate running for office, you hit up a company that you want to get money from after the fact.

在當選的立法者中，因為誰又能保證，立法者或競選公職的候選人，會在事後去找一家你想從中撈錢的公司。

Hey, if I win, no bid contract for your company, and I'm expecting on some funds after the fact.

嘿，如果我贏了，你們公司就不用投標了，我還指望事後能得到一些資金。

And that's not breaking any laws because now the Supreme Court has set a precedent indicating that if the bribe comes after, then it's okay, totally okay.

這並不違法，因為現在最高法院已經開了先例，表明如果賄賂是在賄賂之後進行的，那就沒問題，完全沒問題。

So guys, they don't even have to have the conversation ahead of time.

所以夥計們，他們甚至不用提前進行對話。

Because once the Supreme Court makes this legal, which they now have, everybody's just going to start doing it.

因為一旦最高法院將其合法化（現在已經合法化了），所有人都會開始這麼做。

And it'll become a de facto way of bribing our officials.

這將成為賄賂官員的一種事實上的方式。

So what will happen is, and remember why I tell you there's so many old politicians, because they get good return on investment on them, the donors give them money.

所以會發生的是，記住為什麼我告訴你有這麼多老政客，因為他們在他們身上得到了很好的投資回報，捐贈者給了他們錢。

And they know these guys deliver, they always deliver for us, and they always screw over the voters, and that's why they keep giving them money.

他們知道這些人總是能給我們帶來好處，他們總是坑害選民，所以他們才一直給他們錢。

So now, they'll start giving them money after they're out of office, or maybe right after they made the decision, it doesn't matter.

所以現在，他們會在卸任後開始給他們錢，或者在他們做出決定後就開始給錢，這並不重要。

And so they'll give them in the beginning tens of thousands, then hundreds of thousands, then millions of dollars, right?

所以他們一開始會給他們幾萬美元，然後是幾十萬美元，然後是幾百萬美元，對嗎？

And it'll become a thing like, once you after the vote, they go collect their money, right?

投票結束後，他們就會去收錢，對吧？

And so then the politicians know when you rule for X, Y, or Z, you're going to get paid.

這樣，政客們就知道，當你為 X、Y 或 Z 做出裁決時，你就會得到報酬。

And by the way, there's already a definition of this that exists.

順便說一句，現在已經有了這方面的定義。

And that's why the Supreme Court ruled this way.

這也是最高法院如此裁決的原因。

It's for all the ex-politicians and the ex-generals, that's super interesting.

這是為所有前政治家和前將軍準備的，非常有趣。

But also remember, guys, there's super rich donors that are paying for all the vacations, the homes, and all the gratuities for the Supreme Court justices.

但也請記住，夥計們，有超級富有的捐贈者為最高法院大法官們支付了所有的假期、住宅和禮金。

I'm sure that Supreme Court justices like Justice Thomas,

我相信最高法院的法官們都喜歡托馬斯大法官、

Justice Alito, I mean, those two have been in the news for years for accepting lucrative gifts, luxurious gifts.

阿利托大法官，我的意思是，這兩個人接受豐厚的禮物，奢侈的禮物，已經是多年的新聞了。

我是說，尤其是對托馬斯來說，對嗎？

Court justices who are conservative ruled in favor of tossing out this federal conviction for Snyder.

法院中的保守派法官支持撤銷對斯奈德的聯邦定罪。

Only the three liberal justices voted against tossing out the conviction.

只有三名自由派大法官投票反對推翻定罪。

So what's amazing is that I actually believe the MAGA voters and the Republican voters that they hate corruption.

是以，令人驚訝的是，我居然相信 MAGA 運動的選民和共和黨選民痛恨腐敗。

I do believe them for a number of reasons.

But their politicians and their Supreme Court justices are the worst of the worst.

但他們的政客和最高法院法官卻是最壞中的最壞。

Supreme Court that in every single instance has said, bribery is awesome.

最高法院在每一個案例中都說，賄賂是令人敬畏的。

I mean, in this case, guys, you saw it with your own eyes there.

我的意思是，在這種情況下，夥計們，你們親眼看到了。

The guy comes in and says, give me the money.

我的意思是，這就像，在這一點上，

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