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Saturday, June 22nd, 2013

Elizabeth Warren: Supreme Court Is Becoming ‘A Subsidiary’ of the Chamber of Commerce

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Source:     The National Memo
Publication Date:     20-Jun-13
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Stephan:   Elizabeth Warren, so far as I can tell is one of the few people in the Congress actually trying to do what the Founders expected of Senators and Representatives -- govern with integrity. Here is her take on the Supreme Court. As you can see it accords with my own. The institutions of our government are corrupted by the money and power of the NGCSs to a point that is nauseating. Washington, Franklin, Madison, Jefferson, Mason, Adams, and the others would be appalled to see what has happened to the government they put their lives and fortunes at risk to create. As you read this story bear in mind the lead story in yesterday's edition. Please click through to see the very revealing graphs.

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 – […]

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