Understanding What Has Happened to the US Supreme Court over the Last Generation

This in depth and lengthy article analyzing the changes in the US Supreme Court over the last twenty years or so in the court's rulings concerning corporations is deeply alarming and disconcerting. The epic sea change seen in Supreme Court Rulings since the mid to late 198os has seen a virtually unanimous stance in favor of corporations and business over consumers, citizens, and the public good in the court's judgements This is truly a dangerous and frightening trend that is likely to largely continue for at least another decade unless there is an overwhelming switch to progressive legislators and executive branch officials on both the federal and state level which indicates a strong public sentiment for a nation and society that is more economically just and fair. Any new gains to help the citizenry in their struggle with the powerful corporations and their seemingly endless riches and lobbyists will certainly be hard fought in the coming years given the makeup and philosophy of the existing justices that are likely to serve for quite some time.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/magazine/16supreme-t.html?ref=washington&pagewanted=all

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