Supreme court term has major gun rights, business cases

[Joanne98]

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court will again consider gun rights and decide an important case that could loosen restrictions on corporation spending in political campaigns in its new term beginning on Monday.

The nine-member panel now includes Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Appointed by President Barack Obama, she is the first justice named by a Democratic president in 15 years and the first Hispanic on the high court.

Sotomayor succeeded Justice David Souter, who retired in June. She generally is expected to vote with the three other liberals as Souter did.

"The 2009 term seems likely to produce important decisions on free speech, government accountability and criminal justice," Steven Shapiro of the American Civil Liberties Union said. "And it certainly will tell us more than we now know about the role that Justice Sotomayor will play on a Supreme Court that remains closely divided along ideological lines."


Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE59312M20091005

[RadicalGeek]

1. The Corporate Funding Case Is One That Worries Me

A ruling in favor of corps could make things really difficult for progressives to get elected or for legislation to be passed.

We've seen what the drug and insurance companies have done under the current law. Imagine what the amount of money Wal-Mart and McDonalds would put into defeating EFCA and oil, etc companies against energy reform.

[Piewhacket]

2. Impeach Scalia/Thomas

[Zorra]

3. Roberts and Alito are fascist activist judges, legislating from the bench

in favor of corporations.

That's what the banksters put them there for, and that's what they are going to do.

You are right to be worried. This is just the beginning of the dismantling of our Constitution by the corporatists.