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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsVast Majority Of Barrett Rulings Put Corporate Interests Over People
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A new analysis out Tuesday examining the federal judicial record of Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump's controversial U.S. Supreme Court nominee, reveals a pattern of legal thought that critics charge reveals a deeply-held allegiance to right-wing and Republican Party ideology that places the supremacy of corporate power over the needs of both people and planet.
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A new analysis out Tuesday examining the federal judicial record of Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump's controversial U.S. Supreme Court nominee, reveals a pattern of legal thought that critics charge reveals a deeply-held allegiance to right-wing and Republican Party ideology that places the supremacy of corporate power over the needs of both people and planet.
According to the government watchdog Accountable.US, Barrett sided with corporations 76% of the time during the three years in which she's served on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Since being confirmed to the court in October 2017 by Trump, Barrett has ruled on at least 55 cases in which people challenged corporate malfeasance, including:
A case in which a woman sued pharma giant Teva North America over a faulty IUD.
The case of a man who claimed his firing from the Chicago Stock Exchange violated whistleblower protections.
A case in which a railroad employee claimed he had been injured at work using a piece of broken equipment.
Barrett ruled against the plaintiffs in all three of the above cases, as well as dozens more.
Trump's selection of Barrett to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg represents a agenda to favor corporations and the wealthy, said Accountable.US.
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https://crooksandliars.com/2020/09/vast-majority-coney-barrett-rulings-put
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Vast Majority Of Barrett Rulings Put Corporate Interests Over People (Original Post)
TheBlackAdder
Oct 2020
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It's a perverse Christian mindset that places corporations above humans (inc. other Christians).
TheBlackAdder
Oct 2020
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secondwind
(16,903 posts)1. Please, let's hope that there is no confirmation of this
god-awful human being!!!!!!!!
TheBlackAdder
(28,222 posts)2. It's a perverse Christian mindset that places corporations above humans (inc. other Christians).
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It's beyond Paradise Lost, as even Satan isn't that cruel.
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