The Ownership Society can buy judges now?
Business Pushes Its Own Brand Of Justice
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.
This could have chilling ramifications.
Although public disclosures aren’t available, he apparently has raised substantial sums from businesses for both the Committee for Justice and Progress for America, a pro-Bush organization that plans to spend $18 million to promote the confirmation of whomever the president selects. NAM and probably the chamber will also devote their lobbying muscle to the cause.
That sort of commitment, Gray hopes, will result in a heightened awareness by the president and his aides of the wishes of corporations. “I’ve made the White House aware of the availability of corporations as a potential ally,” Gray said. “I hope that the White House is more cognizant [of companies’ interests] than they might otherwise have been.”
This is also pitting Corporate America and the Religious Right against each other.
Will God or Money win the next Supreme Court Judge? Stay tuned..
Either way, there goes more ‘justice’ down the tubes for the rest of us.
what you should do rosee, is drop the word “Will” in the title, and you’ll be spot on. Nothing changes with this group of powermongers, lie, steal, cheat, and create their “ownership” society, in which the rest of us will serve their lifestyle, at OUR expense.
I’m fuck’n fed up
Seems pretty evident that he/she will most definately be bought, paid for and owned, lock, stock and barrel. This is one of those days that I just can’t even stand to think about these criminials any more. We are just drowning in their excrement.
BTW, glad you are ok Infidel and able to connect to the www and froggie land.
thanky shirls, I’m just fed up today, like you, and about 12million more, problem is, 11,950,678 of them, won’t get off their ass ; )
On the other hand, infighting between the zealot and busness wings of the Republicans is to be welcome. At least they’re using their money to fight each other not us. And putting Georgie between a rock and a hard place sounds like a good way to immobilize him from other mischeir for a while.
If I had to pick a poison, I think I’d go with a judge favorable to business rather than one favorable to the zealots. Businesspeople (for the most part) live in the reality-based world, and there are ways to work around them, compromise with them, etc. But for a zealot it’s all heaven-or-hell, black-or-white, fight to the death, no compromise, etc.