Elizabeth Warren Warns That The Supreme Court Is Becoming ‘A Subsidiary’ Of The Chamber Of Commerce

[Triana]

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) used her remarks at the 2013 American Constitution Society for Law and Policy National Convention to warn that the Supreme Court is being captured by interests representing America’s biggest corporations:

Take a look at the win rate of the Chamber of Commerce. According to the Constitution Accountability Center, the Chamber moved from a 43 percent win rate during the very conservative Berger Court to a 56 percent win rate under the very conservative Rehnquist court. And now they are at a 70 percent win rate under the Roberts Court. Follow this pro-business trend to its obvious conclusion and you will end up with a Supreme Court that’s a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Chamber of Commerce.The Chamber of Commerce is the nation’s largest business lobby. In 2012, it spent over $100 million on lobbying, according to OpenSecret.com. Aligned with the dark money “social welfare” non-profits of the Koch brothers and Karl Rove, the Chamber helped raise and spend about one billion dollars to influence the 2012 elections.

But elections are far less reliable an investment than focusing on the courts.

“All told, the Chamber of Commerce has filed a whopping 18 amicus briefs this Term – just below its record number of 21 in October Term 2010,” according to Doug Kendall and Tom Donnelly of the Constitution Accountability Center. “Overall, the Court will likely decide 76 cases this Term, meaning that the Chamber will have participated in roughly 24 percent of the Court’s decided cases.”



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[MannyGoldstein]

1. Letting crazy people become Justices has consequences

Go get 'em Liz!

[PearliePoo2]

2. She just keeps getting better and better (and she's only just starting!!)

I've got a whopping girl crush on Senator Warren!


K&R

[Tx4obama]

3. Okay, now hopefully her next critique will be about the U.S. CONGRESS.

The OP is in regards to The SCOTUS.

Two days ago she knocked Obama/WhiteHouse regarding judicial nominees (and as most of us know the guilty party on that issue is actually the GOPers).

So, next up should be her criticism regarding the U.S. Congress.

I look forward to hearing her bash the GOP obstructionists she works with next

[msongs]

9. something obama might try doing as well...but never will nt

[Tx4obama]

12. President Obama has called out the GOPers in Congress SEVERAL times regarding their obstruction.

So, your statement is false.

[Fire Walk With Me]

4. K&R!

[defacto7]

5. K&R

[DeSwiss]

6. Impeach the bastards. They can start with this one:

- Glad to be of help.

K&R

[Spitfire of ATJ]

7. Malloy talked about this a long time ago. He said to forget Abortion,...

...these guys are after corporate law.

Increasing the ability of the government to seize private property and hand it over to corporations.

Eliminating the ability of people to sue a corporation even in cases where the corporation intended to cause harm up to and including death.

Citing since a corporation is about making money than anything that threatens profit is considered to be illegal. Including a government requirement to do something that cuts into profits like smoke scrubbers or telling a paper mill it can't dump cancer causing chemicals into a river.

[Fearless]

8. She is awesome. Might make a good Justice someday?

[avaistheone1]

10. Endorsed!

k&r

[MrSlayer]

11. Becoming? That's their entire purpose.

Why does anyone think the owners bought these positions in the first place? It's nice for her to bring this up but there is nothing that can be done about it. The People lost the game on purpose over thirty years ago with the landslide elections of Reagan.

[JDPriestly]

13. Just read my signature line.