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.
Blow me over with a feather. The so-called woke DEI people hired for their competence, expertise and wisdom are right again.
Good thing the United States saved itself from such a horrible fate as to rely on these people’s work because now we have a court majority where the judges were chosen for their willingness to rule on an agenda.
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.
@Nonilex b-b-b…….
But i the sides are the same! 🙄
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.
@Nonilex Kind of feels like a "study proves that the sky looks blue to the human eye" sort of moment, but I guess we need these anyway these days.
