The most pro-business Supreme Court ever

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The current Supreme Court is the most pro-business of all time. That's the clear message from an important new paper looking at court decisions between 1921 and 2020.

The current Supreme Court is the most pro-business of all time. That's the clear message from an importantThe past 70 years have seen the government broadly — not only the judiciary but also both the Democratic and Republican parties — embrace an increasingly business-friendly agenda.

The new data shows a degree of pro-business sentiment today far exceeding even the pre-Depression highs.When the court heard a case featuring a business on one side and a non-business on the other, it found in favor of the business 83% of the time in 2020, and 63% of the time that John Roberts has been Chief Justice.

Justices nominated by Democrats can also be business-friendly. Elena Kagan, for instance, is pro-business 56% of the time, placing her higher on the list than Antonin Scalia. The least business-friendly current justice, Sonia Sotomayor, still manages to rank 17th out of 57 justices. She finds in favor of business 48% of the time. The equivalent number for Earl Warren, who was chief justice during the more worker-friendly era of 1953 to 1969, is just 25%.When the government takes sides in these cases, it usually takes the business's side. The Office of the Solicitor General opposed the business just 20% of the time while Roberts was chief justice.

 

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Well that's where they get their bonuses from, not the voters, screw them.

Wow the Marxists swarmed into the comments. I guess they don’t like having jobs or buying products. 🫠

the court dark money bought

I thought the most pro-business court was when they didn't let government stop children from working in factories. 'Pro-business!' Sounds like a promo or an ad

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The constitution is pro-business (economic freedom) therefore…

Pro-business or pro-fa?

Conservatives on the court are bought and paid for.

The most polarized and extreme. A court created by a criminal President who tried to overthrow the US government.

I know one member of the court that supports the beer industry ...

Wtf why would we want a court that makes a decision based on the benefit to business?

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