A new study found that the court’s Republican appointees voted for the wealthier side in cases 70 percent of the time in 2022, up from 45 percent in 1953.

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    You get what you pay for. Our “government” was for sale and they bought it all up :(

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      The supreme court are the ones that put up the for sale sign. Before that, a bribe was a bribe. Now its just prudent planning.

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        Yep. The federalist society and heritage foundation spent decades working on getting our courts to this point. Now they get their government fire sale :/