So, through the following years, Hermione and Sally-Anne drafted laws that slowly chipped away at the Wizengamot’s power. They only realized something was up when Hermione put into motion a law that would make receiving bribes illegal. Considering bribes were the way Hermione got a lot of her laws passed in the past, this raised a lot of red flags. Yet, Harry, Sally-Anne and Dean gave them a whole lot of galleons to pass the laws, so they passed it.