How The U.S. Supreme Court Turned Into A Corporate Echo Chamber

[ThoughtCriminal]

http://crooksandliars.com/2014/12/how-us-supreme-court-turned-corporate-echo

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They are the elite of the elite: Although they account for far less than 1 percent of lawyers who filed appeals to the Supreme Court, these attorneys were involved in 43 percent of the cases the high court chose to decide from 2004 through 2012.

The Reuters examination of the Supreme Court's docket, the most comprehensive ever, suggests that the justices essentially have added a new criterion to whether the court takes an appeal - one that goes beyond the merits of a case and extends to the merits of the lawyer who is bringing it.

The results: a decided advantage for corporate America, and a growing insularity at the court. Some legal experts contend that the reliance on a small cluster of specialists, most working on behalf of businesses, has turned the Supreme Court into an echo chamber - a place where an elite group of jurists embraces an elite group of lawyers who reinforce narrow views of how the law should be construed.

Of the 66 most successful lawyers, 51 worked for law firms that primarily represented corporate interests. In cases pitting the interests of customers, employees or other individuals against those of companies, a leading attorney was three times more likely to launch an appeal for business than for an individual, Reuters found.
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[Thinkingabout]

1. This is a very good reason to get out and elect Democrats. The Senate confirms

Judicial positions, we need 60 votes to get this accomplished and cheering because someone like Landrieu is beaten by a RW nut job is nit going to get liberal judges on the benches or SC.