WASHINGTON — A study from a liberal interest group says the Supreme Court of Chief Justice John Roberts has a decidedly pro-business tilt, echoing the line Democrats are taking in support of the nomination of Elena Kagan to fill its latest vacancy.
The analysis from the Constitutional Accountability Center finds that the court’s five conservative justices side with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce at least two-thirds of the time, while the four liberal justices all disagree with the position by the nation’s largest business group more than half the time.
The Chamber of Commerce says the analysis is simplistic and notes that many business cases unite the court’s conservatives and liberals.
But Doug Kendall, the center’s president, says the study confirms what he and many Democrats have been saying, especially since the court voted 5-4 in January to take limits off independent corporate spending in political campaigns.
“The pro-corporate rulings of the activist Roberts court are already a very big story,” Kendall says.
President Barack Obama stirred controversy when he criticized the court’s campaign finance decision at his State of the Union speech in January, with six justices in attendance in the House chamber.
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