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The Corporate Court
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How the Corporate Court Bends the Law to Favor the 1%: New analysis by AFJ shows that in its most recent term the Roberts Court continued its trend of bending the law in order to drive its pro-corporate agenda. |
The Corporate Court’s 2011-12 Docket: The Supreme Court's docket for 2011-12 covers cases that could have profound effects on millions of Americans. Many of these cases pit individual rights against corporate interests. Under the leadership of Chief Justice John Roberts, the Court has consistently favored those powerful corporate interests over average citizens, and has worked to bend the law to favor corporations.
That's why AFJ is evaluating all cases before the Court to identify the ones that will have important implications for consumers, employees, the environment, and the vitality of our country's democracy. AFJ tracks these “Corporate Court” cases, as well as significant cases that implicate core constitutional values, paying close attention at the petition for certiorari stage, oral argument, and when a decision is issued. On cases of particular import, we will issue in-depth reports, blog posts, press releases, and other resources.
» Click here for Corporate Court 2011-12 docket
» Click here to download it as a pdf
» The Supreme Court’s 2011-12 Term Preview (pdf)
» Arbitration Activism: How the Corporate Court Helps Business Evade Our Civil Justice System
» Douglas v. Independent Living Center of Southern California: Will the Supreme Court Uphold Federal Laws that Protect Everyday Americans?
Equal Justice for All: Alliance for Justice hosted a panel discussion on the effects of pro-corporate decisions on the lives of everyday Americans. Experts discussed Supreme Court cases, labor and employment laws, and arbitration and legal procedures that have benefitted wealthy corporations in the courtroom. The event was opened by a keynote speech from Senator Sheldon Whitehouse.
» Click here to read more from the event.
Special AFJ Reports: AFJ has written a number of reports highlighting the ways in which the Corporate Court has reached out to radically rewrite the laws in order to favor the corporate interests at the expense of everyday Americans.
- Overreach Report: How the Corporate Court Bends the Law to Favor the 1%: New analysis by AFJ shows that in its most recent term the Roberts Court continued its trend of bending the law in order to drive its pro-corporate agenda.
- Arbitration Activism: How the Corporate Court Helps Business Evade Our Civil Justice System: The Supreme Court has allowed big businesses to abuse forced arbitration contracts, building up a privatized legal system that robs everyday Americans of the chance to be heard by an impartial judge and jury.
- Douglas v. Independent Living Center of Southern California: Will the Supreme Court Uphold Federal Laws that Protect Everyday Americans?: This report analyzes how a decision in favor of California will allow states to slash access to Medicaid assistance for our most vulnerable citizens and foreclose an important avenue they have to vindicate their rights.
- Unprecedented Injustice: The Political Agenda of the Roberts Court reveals the Corporate Court’s consistent pattern of favoring big business.
» More AFJ Corporate Court Reports here
Other Resources: AFJ is not alone in decrying corporate favoritism in the courts. See below for more special reports and media coverage on the Corporate Court and for information on judicial ethics.
- NY Times: Supreme Court Inc.
- Northwestern University Study: Is the Roberts Court Pro-Business?
- NY Times: Justices Offer Receptive Ear to Business Interests
- Slate: Watch as We Make the Law Disappear
- Alliance for Justice: Supreme Court Ethics Reform
About This Campaign: Today’s Supreme Court consistently favors powerful corporate interests at the expense of everyday Americans. The Court is supposed to promote fairness and justice for all Americans, but in recent years the Court has gone out of its way to twist the law to elevate corporate interests over personal freedoms and core constitutional values. AFJ has launched a campaign to raise awareness about how the Court, led by Chief Justice John Roberts, has been transformed from a fair and independent institution into a highly politicized “Corporate Court.”
