Monday, October 31, 2011

Thom Hartmann: Occupy the Courts - we now have a corporate judiciary!

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The best courts that money can buy. According to a new report released by several voting rights groups - corporate special interests organizations are spending huge amounts of money to influence state supreme court elections. Just three pro-business groups - the Ohio Chamber of Commerce - the Business Council of Alabama - and the Illinois Civil Justice League - have spent 13 times more money on judicial elections than the ENTIRE national labor movement.
We're also seeing the effects of this corporate buyout of the courts - as more and more decisions are handed down to give corporations more rights to pollute, to mettle in politics, and even engage in genocide abroad with immunity from civil suits.
So much for an impartial judiciary - we now have a corporate judiciary.
-Thom
(Has your state's court been bought? Tell us here.)

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