Business racks up wins with Roberts court
By Benjamin Goad - 05/05/14 06:00 AM EDT
Business interests are faring well at John Roberts’s Supreme Court, prevailing more often than not since the current chief justice took the helm almost a decade ago.
The Roberts court has sided with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce 71 percent of the time when the powerful business lobby formally involves itself in a case, according to a tally kept by the liberal Constitutional Accountability Center (CAC)
“Businesses tend to do very well, and that’s especially true in the closer cases,” said Tom Donnelly, counsel for the center. “They find a very receptive ear at the Roberts court.”
The Chamber’s tally for the current term differs slightly from that of the center, but the business group doesn’t dispute its success. The Chamber attributes its winning record to consensus on the court when it comes to business cases, rather than any deference to corporations themselves.
“The reality is an overwhelming number of business cases are decided by wide margins and are not particularly contentious,” said Sheldon Gilbert, senior counsel for litigation for the U.S. Chamber’s Litigation Center.
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