Bill Moyers, Katrina vanden Heuvel and Jamie Raskin on the Pro-Corporate Supreme Court

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Katrina vanden Heuvel and Jamie Raskin on the Pro-Corporate Supreme Court
September 14, 2012


The Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel and Jamie Raskin, constitutional law professor and Maryland state senator, join Bill to discuss how the uncontested power of the Supreme Court is changing our elections, our country, and our lives. The two joined forces for a special upcoming issue of The Nation entitled “The One Percent Court.”

“We wanted to bring attention to how this court has empowered the 1% at the expense of the 99%,” says vanden Heuvel. “How it is now working for big business, for corporate power against the interests of ordinary citizens in this country.”


http://billmoyers.com/segment/katrina-vanden-heuvel-and-jamie-raskin-on-the-pro-corporate-supreme-court/

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2. Honor has failed the "honorable" court

The Constitution relies way too much on a sense of honor and desire to be seen as honorable when it comes to the Supreme Court. The Republicans on the court today have no sense of honor and no sense of honesty. They are the kept creatures of oligarchy placed there by the party of oligarchs supported by the failed free press that is also a servant of oligarchy. The conditions the founders depended on have failed as conservatives grow ever more depraved. We can't allow that situation to stand, those assumptions are dead. At the very least there should be a way to keep Supreme Court members from practicing a conflict of interest, removing those who have and nullifying decisions involving conflicts of interest.