Big Business Pushing for Voice on Supreme Court Nomination

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Big Business Pushing for Voice on Supreme Court Nomination
9 July 2005



Corporate interest in the Supreme Court nomination has peaked and “business advocates are raising millions of dollars, plotting major lobbying campaigns, and quietly working to influence the president as he ponders a replacement for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.”

This does not bode well for the little people who tend to be on the short end of the stick when it comes to corporate interests and the corporate interest in the Supreme Court nomination could end up alienating another group of Bush supporter’s, the religious conservatives.

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.

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