boutons_deux
12-20-2010, 05:50 AM
Supreme Court becoming a tool for corporate interests:
Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts has undergone a fundamental shift in its outlook, ruling in favor of businesses much more often than previous courts.
According to the Northwestern University study, commissioned for the New York Times, the Roberts court has sided with business interests in 61 percent of relevant cases, compared to 46 percent in the last five years of Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who passed away in 2005.
And the study notes the Rehnquist court itself was considerably more pro-business than earlier courts.
the growing influence of the US Chamber of Commerce on the courts. The chamber started filing amicus briefs with the top court three decades ago in an effort to prompt more business-friendly rulings.
According to the study, the Roberts Supreme Court has sided with the Chamber 68 percent of the time, up from 56 percent under the Rehnquist court, and noticeably higher than the 43 percent during the relevant part of Chief Justice Warren Burger's court, which ended in 1986.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/12/supreme-court-tool-corporate-interests/
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And when SCOTUS rules FOR corps and institutions, guess whom they are ruling against?
More slime from USCoC, the huge beneficiary of Citizens United (itself a corporate-financed bullshit group):
Revealed: Chamber lobbied against 9/11 health bill to save foreign members on taxes
US Chamber of Commerce lobbied to kill a bill that would have helped cover medical expenses and compensation for first responders and survivors of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks,
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/12/chamber-commerce-lobbied-kill-911-responders-bill/
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Again, the corps' hit man, US CoC, lobbies for keeping tax breaks for FOREIGN companies rather than FOR the health care of dubya's "(photo-op only) heroes of 9/11".
Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts has undergone a fundamental shift in its outlook, ruling in favor of businesses much more often than previous courts.
According to the Northwestern University study, commissioned for the New York Times, the Roberts court has sided with business interests in 61 percent of relevant cases, compared to 46 percent in the last five years of Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who passed away in 2005.
And the study notes the Rehnquist court itself was considerably more pro-business than earlier courts.
the growing influence of the US Chamber of Commerce on the courts. The chamber started filing amicus briefs with the top court three decades ago in an effort to prompt more business-friendly rulings.
According to the study, the Roberts Supreme Court has sided with the Chamber 68 percent of the time, up from 56 percent under the Rehnquist court, and noticeably higher than the 43 percent during the relevant part of Chief Justice Warren Burger's court, which ended in 1986.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/12/supreme-court-tool-corporate-interests/
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And when SCOTUS rules FOR corps and institutions, guess whom they are ruling against?
More slime from USCoC, the huge beneficiary of Citizens United (itself a corporate-financed bullshit group):
Revealed: Chamber lobbied against 9/11 health bill to save foreign members on taxes
US Chamber of Commerce lobbied to kill a bill that would have helped cover medical expenses and compensation for first responders and survivors of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks,
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/12/chamber-commerce-lobbied-kill-911-responders-bill/
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Again, the corps' hit man, US CoC, lobbies for keeping tax breaks for FOREIGN companies rather than FOR the health care of dubya's "(photo-op only) heroes of 9/11".