RE: MARRIAGE EQUALITY NATIONWIDE
June 27, 2015 at 1:24 pm
(This post was last modified: June 27, 2015 at 1:24 pm by Minimalist.)
Euphoria, aside, this is actually a better explanation for Roberts' vote than the silly idea that the fuck came to his senses.
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/06/corporat...r-rulings/
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/06/corporat...r-rulings/
Quote:Corporate America on the winning side of Supreme Court’s latest major rulings
Quote:The court on Thursday rejected a conservative challenge to President Barack Obama’s healthcare law on a 6-3 vote and, a day later, ruled 5-4 that gay marriage should be legal nationwide.
Both cases were largely seen through the lens of national ideological wars, with liberals backing gay marriage and Obamacare and conservatives opposing them. But the cases could also be seen as pro-business rulings by a court with a reputation as friendly to corporate interests under Chief Justice John Roberts.
Unlike in other contexts, such as a series of cases in which the court cut back on class-action lawsuits, business interests aligned themselves with liberal activists for these cases.
“This Supreme Court is unquestionably responsive to the views of corporate America.