Thursday, July 01, 2021

The Supreme Court favors States' Rights over Voting Rights but favors Corporations over everything

In other words, to them bigotry matters more than individuals, but money matters more than anything else.


From The NCSL Blog -


Supreme Court Rules Against States’ Rights in Pipeline Case


In PennEast Pipeline v. New Jersey [link updated to something that doesn't require a sign in] the U.S. Supreme Court held 5-4 that the federal government may constitutionally grant pipeline companies the authority to condemn necessary rights-of-way in which a state has an interest. Pipeline companies likewise may sue states to obtain the rights-of-way.

The State and Local Legal Center (SLLC) filed an amicus brief 
[link updated to something that doesn't require a sign in]
 asking for the Court to reach the opposite conclusion. NCSL did not join the brief.

Some may consider Kelo v. The City of New London (the USSC decided that it was OK to seize property from a private owner and give it to a corporation) to be the worst USSC decision ever, but I'll always consider the decision The County of Santa Clara v. Southern Pacific (where the USSC deemed corporations to be people who can avail themselves of Constitutional protections) the worst ever.

Corporations are not people.

Though the Dred Scott decision was pretty vile too.

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