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Last week, the Supreme Court made bribery legal. They reclassified a $13,000 bribe as a “gratuity.” Because the payment to a corrupt mayor was made two weeks after he awarded a $1.1 million city garbage truck contract, SCOTUS said it was a legal “gratuity.” If the payment had been made before the contract was awarded, it would clearly have been a bribe.