A new study has bolstered a scathing dissent from liberal #SCOTUS Justice #KetanjiBrownJackson that warned the court appeared to favor the #rich.
The study, published Monday by the National Bureau of Economic Research, investigated whether the Supreme Court has contributed to rising #IncomeInequality by ruling in favor of policies that favor #wealthy parties.
#law #SCOTUS4Sale #injustice
https://www.thedailybeast.com/scotus-justice-ketanji-brown-jacksons-blistering-dissent-vindicated-by-bombshell-study/
Its authors—2 academics from Columbia University in New York & one from Yale University—found that in cases pitting the #rich against the #poor, #Republican appointees were far more likely than their #Democratic colleagues to side with the wealthier party.
Back in 1953, Democratic & Republican appointees were statistically indistinguishable on the issue, with justices appointed by members of both parties favoring the rich in 45% of cases on average.
By 2022, the average #Republican-appointed justice was voting in favor of the #rich a whopping 70% of the time.
The average #Democratic justice cast a “pro-rich” vote — which was defined as a vote that would directly shift resources to the party that was more likely to be #wealthy, including votes that supported #businesses over #consumers or #workers — just 35% of the time.
Problem is, that kind of analysis treats judges as if they were untethered from law, perhaps overlooking the role of our elected representatives in the system.
It could very well be that the judges aren't the problem, but we need to elect better lawmakers to make better laws for the judges to act on.
