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Supreme Court biased toward big corporations

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Anyone paying attention to the Supreme Court over the last decade would have noticed a trend toward more conservative decisions in general but more specifically with regard to matters involving big-business and corporations.  The current Supreme Court has 5 justices who regularly decide cases based upon conservative ideology, and 4 who are arguably liberal, but considerably less liberal than the most liberal justice (Sandra Day O'Connor" in recent times.
Liberal organization, Alliance for Justice called the current court, “the court for the 1%.”  They have released the above video that features several cases that showcase unfair treatment of the “little guy” by big corporations such as Wal-Mart, and other cases where the Supreme court sided against the individual. The Court is lead by openly conservative Chief Justice John G. Roberts. Many liberals think that the current conservative Court is turning back the clock on decades of progressive jurisprudence with it’s 5-4 majority decisions on nearly every controversial issues involving civil rights, voting rights, regulating big business practices, and the 1%.

The United States Supreme Court, the highest court in the United States, in 2010. Top row (left to right): Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Stephen G. Breyer, Associate Justice Samuel A. Alito, and Associate Justice Elena Kagan. Bottom row (left to right): Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy, and Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The video is hosted by editor and publisher of The Nation Magazine, Katrina vanden Heuvel.

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