"Hot Coffee" Documents Chamber of Commerce Campaign to Unseat Judges Opposed to "Tort Reform"

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"Hot Coffee" Film Explores How Corporations Spend Millions to Alter the U.S. Civil Justice System

The documentary "Hot Coffee," which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival this week, tells the story of former Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Oliver Diaz. Despite fierce opposition from big business, Diaz won re-election to the bench. "Hot Coffee" reveals how Diaz was then criminally prosecuted on false charges to taint his reputation. He was forced off the bench for three years to fight the charges and was acquitted. Democracy Now! interviews Diaz about his story, along with the film's director Susan Saladoff.

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