How Big-Business Lobbyists Are Protecting the Corporate Court
Big business loves the Supreme Court just how it is: on the side of big business. That’s why corporate lobbyists want to stop any possible Supreme Court reforms the Biden administration might consider.
The US Supreme Court in Washington, DC. (Stefani Reynolds / Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The US Supreme Court is a corporate star chamber, and big business wants to keep it that way.
That’s why corporate lobbying groups — like the Business Roundtable, the National Federation of Independent Businesses, and the US Chamber of Commerce — are pressing the Biden administration not to reform the Supreme Court.
The lobbying groups warn that expanding the Supreme Court would damage perception of its legitimacy and independence. It’s a ridiculous argument, given that Republicans blocked President Barack Obama from filling a Supreme Court seat in 2016, stacked the court with conservative ideologues under President Donald Trump, and confirmed Justice Amy Coney Barrett days before the 2020 election.
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