 California state Sen. Leland Yee leaves the Phillip Burton Federal Building in San Francisco after a March 31 court appe (Image by Unknown Owner) Details DMCA | WASHINGTON -- California state Sen. Leland Yee, a Democrat running for secretary of state, was arrested March 26 as part of a wide-ranging federal investigation into a San Francisco-based Chinese tong and charged with public corruption and arms trafficking. In his 2010 Citizens United opinion, Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote, "The appearance of influence or access ... will not cause the electorate to lose faith in our democracy." He further stated, "Ingratiation and access, in any event, are not corruption." Yee's alleged actions raise the question of whether that is, in fact, true.Thanks to the undercover investigation's wiretaps and closed circuit television, however, the Yee case provides a clear record of those discussions, at least as undertaken by an allegedly corrupt lawmaker. Yee is the model that shows what the citizen United decision unleashed. |
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