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another new study from the american constitution society
compares contributions from big business to state supreme court rulings in more
than two thousand cases from two thousand ten to two thousand twelve
and he concludes that quote
by justice who receives half of his or her contributions from business groups
would be expected to vote in favor of business interests almost two-thirds of
the time
they continue this correlation was strongest and a handful of states with
partisan high court elections
republican judges receive more
funding from big business and in general they are more likely to vote favor of
more corporate litigants
so but ignore what's going on here
you know used to be in many areas and up for different types of courts
they were democratically-elected they were nominated in chosen now still in
uh... many different course it is nominated and not elected but there's
also a porch where you have elections bus specifically
certain state courts state supreme courts
so whatever
you have people trying to get elected what's gonna happen
well we live in a country were burdick sovereign court ruled that money equals
free speech so they can accept donations
to try to raise money try to get their message out more to try to get elected
now the problem arises
when you start accepting money from interests who you might see in your
court room one day
little thing called conflict of interest and what this study shows is that beyond
a reasonable doubt we know for sure
now when judges take money
three quarters of the time that they will rule
or more with the people did in the morning
i mean i can tell you the number of ways
this system we have
is corrupted inside and out
by big money
it's almost a measurable this point
so you have uh... the state politicians to a lesser degree
you have the representatives in congress more corrupt than you have the senators
more more corrupt
now we're having corrupt judges
i mean is there any anything left that's not corrupt