Analysis: Coney Barrett Rulings of Corporate Interests Over People, Could Push GOP Wealth Agenda

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Showing 76% of Coney Barrett Rulings Put Corporate Interests Over People, Analysis Warns Confirmation Would 'Supercharge' GOP Agenda. "This nominee would be no friend to the small businesses and workers who continue to struggle during the ongoing public health and economic crises." By Julia Conley, Common Dreams, Sept. 29, 2020.



- Amy Coney Barrett, U.S. Supreme Court nominee meets with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, Sept. 29, 2020.

A new analysis out Tuesday examining the federal judicial record of Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump's controversial U.S. Supreme Court nominee, reveals a pattern of legal thought that critics charge reveals a deeply-held allegiance to right-wing and Republican Party ideology that places the supremacy of corporate power over the needs of both people and planet. According to the government watchdog Accountable.US, Barrett sided with corporations 76% of the time during the three years in which she's served on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. Since being confirmed to the court in October 2017 by Trump, Barrett has ruled on at least 55 cases in which people challenged corporate malfeasance, including:

- A case in which a woman sued pharma giant Teva North America over a faulty IUD.
- The case of a man who claimed his firing from the Chicago Stock Exchange violated whistleblower protections.
- A case in which a railroad employee claimed he had been injured at work using a piece of broken equipment.
- Barrett ruled against the plaintiffs in all three of the above cases, as well as dozens more.

Barrett ruled against the plaintiffs in all three of the above cases, as well as dozens more. "President Trump has consistently advanced the interests of the wealthy and well-connected at the expense of the American people, and his choice of Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court would supercharge that agenda." —Kyle Herrig, Accountable.US. Trump's selection of Barrett to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg represents a agenda to favor corporations and the wealthy, said Accountable.US. "Judge Barrett’s record of protecting corporate interests over people leaves no mystery about her priorities—priorities that could take the nation backwards on many important issues."

The Supreme Court has already leaned corporate-friendly for years, and Trump's appointment of Justice Brett Kavanaugh was criticized in 2018 by watchdog Public Citizen as one that elevated a judge with an "overwhelming tendency to reach conclusions favorable to corporations and against the public interest." This nominee would be no friend to the small businesses and workers who continue to struggle during the ongoing public health and economic crises," said Herrig of Barrett. The Western Priorities Project, a project of Accountable.US, took note of the group's analysis, pointing out that Barrett's loyalty to corporate interests does not bode well for the environment...

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/09/29/showing-76-coney-barrett-rulings-put-corporate-interests-over-people-analysis-warns

[SWBTATTReg]

1. When is enough, enough? When will these people ever have enough wealth, enough houses, enough...

cars, enough of everything? I don't think that they ever have enough. It's pathetic.

[Moostache]

2. I defer to Michael Douglas to explain their warped philosophy in a clip...

That IS modern GOP guiding light.
Zero sum game.
I got mine, fuck everyone else.

How much is enough?
There is no limit, no end, no total.

[appalachiablue]

3. Amen, the gospel. Tx for posting.

[StClone]

4. Studied and it's not Healthy

Wealth inequity is toxic to the non-wealthy and the mental health of the wealth hoarders is a stark triad of Psychopathy:

The second component of the Dark Triad — psychopathy — refers to a person’s lack of empathy toward others and a tendency to behave in a callous and uncaring manner toward them. Here too, research by psychologists supports the view that, compared to their “lower-class” counterparts, “upper-class” individuals act with less compassion — and also fall short on certain basic skills necessary for building positive connections with other people.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/dangerous-ideas/201910/psychology-s-dark-triad-and-the-billionaire-class

There are more, and better, articles on this theme.

[Moostache]

6. If you want to vomit, watch this...old but still way too relevant (and worse than 2012)...

Now remember, THAT was BEFORE Trump's destruction of the tax code...

[SWBTATTReg]

5. Thanks ... It's literally a sickness, isn't it? Take care!

[dalton99a]

7. Kick