Today’s Supreme Court Isn’t Moderate. It’s Pro-Corporate and Anti-Worker.
Supreme Court justices are being portrayed by mainstream media like the New York Times as moderate — at the exact same time the court is repeatedly voting to rig America’s laws against workers.
Morning commuters walk by the US Supreme Court building in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)
This week, the New York Times reassured liberals that when it comes to the Supreme Court, don’t worry, be happy.
“The arrival of Justice Amy Coney Barrett in October seemed to create a 6-to-3 conservative juggernaut that would transform the Supreme Court,” the paper declared. “Instead, judging by the 39 signed decisions in argued cases so far this term, including two major rulings on Thursday, the right side of the court is badly fractured and its liberal members are having a surprisingly good run.”
The Times published the rosy report about this supposed “good run” in a week that saw the high court effectively legalize American corporations’ profit from child slavery abroad, shield Wall Street firms from securities laws, and limit a key form of union organizing among the nation’s poorest workers.
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