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For 2 1/2 years, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the nation's largest business association, has privately funneled to the White House staff in-depth analyses of decisions rendered by federal appeals court judges — the most likely pool of high court candidates. The reports, which the chamber declined to make public, grade jurists on their pro-business leanings, and none received a rating of more than 70 out of 100.
The chamber and other industry groups have also told the White House that they plan to bankroll large-scale efforts to promote the president's choice, which they see as another incentive for President Bush to take into account corporate concerns such as taxation and product liability when he makes his selection.
The aggressiveness marks a sea change in the way corporate America approaches judicial appointments. Ever-cautious companies have traditionally left the divisive, high-pressure politicking to outspoken social conservatives. Now business leaders are working behind the scenes to influence the process, an action that threatens to break apart the long-standing Bush coalition of corporate and social conservatives.
Companies believe that they have to get involved because a large portion of the Supreme Court's docket is filled not with social issues such as abortion rights and affirmative action but with issues that they care about deeply such as pensions to the federal preemption of state laws that companies tend to prefer. About 40 percent of the cases considered by the Supreme Court in the past two years have involved business-related matters, the chamber said.
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8516811/I'm likin the possibility of more fractures on the right, but don't the religiously insane judges always side with business anyway???
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