United For Democracy: The Roberts Court Threw Working People A Bone Today — Then Handed Corporate America The Whole Butcher Shop
Photos: Wikimedia Commons WASHINGTON, D.C. — This morning, the Supreme Court issued two major rulings. In one, it upheld mail-in ballot grace periods in a 5-4 decision. In the other, it handed the President the power to fire independent federal regulators at will — gutting 91 years of precedent protecting the agencies that fight corporate fraud, monopolies, and economic abuse of ordinary Americans. We are glad about the first ruling. We are not going to let it distract from the second. Stasha M. Rhodes, Executive Director of United for Democracy, issued the following statement: “The Roberts Court gave with one hand and took with the other today, and we want to be very clear about which hand did more damage. “Yes, the Court upheld mail-in ballot grace periods. Millions of voters — seniors, students, military families — can breathe a small sigh of relief. That ruling was correct. It should have been unanimous. The fact that it was 5-4 tells you everything you need to know about how four justices on this Court view the right to vote. “But while advocates and press celebrate that outcome, this Court quietly handed corporations and the wealthy something they have been trying to get for ninety years: a president who can fire any independent regulator who stands in their way. No cause required. No explanation needed. Just gone. “The Federal Trade Commission investigates corporate fraud. It fights monopolies. It protects consumers from being ripped off by the most powerful companies in the world. That is exactly why those companies spent decades engineering a Court majority that would strip away its independence. Today, that investment paid off. “Think about what this means for your daily life. Drug companies that don’t want their prices investigated. Big Tech monopolies that don’t want to be broken up. Wall Street banks that don’t want new rules. Any president who wants to protect them can now fire the regulators who won’t play along, and replace them with loyalists who will. As Commissioner Slaughter warned, FTC decisions will now unquestionably reward the rich and powerful at the expense of ordinary Americans. “This is the same Court that gutted the Voting Rights Act in Callais. The same Court that erased a majority-Black congressional district found to be the product of intentional discrimination. The same Court that has spent years systematically concentrating power in the hands of the few and stripping it from everyone else. Today was not an aberration. It was the pattern continuing, in both directions at once. “One decent ruling does not change what this Court is. It does not change who built it or who it serves. And it does not change what we need: a Supreme Court that is structurally reformed, genuinely accountable, and actually capable of delivering for the people, not the donors who funded its makeover. “Don’t get distracted. The Court gave us something with one hand today. Watch what it took with the other.”
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — This morning, the Supreme Court issued two major rulings. In one, it upheld mail-in ballot grace periods in a 5-4 decision. In the other, it handed the President the power to fire independent federal regulators at will — gutting 91 years of precedent protecting the agencies that fight corporate fraud, monopolies, and economic abuse of ordinary Americans.
We are glad about the first ruling. We are not going to let it distract from the second.
Stasha M. Rhodes, Executive Director of United for Democracy, issued the following statement:
“The Roberts Court gave with one hand and took with the other today, and we want to be very clear about which hand did more damage.
“Yes, the Court upheld mail-in ballot grace periods. Millions of voters — seniors, students, military families — can breathe a small sigh of relief. That ruling was correct. It should have been unanimous. The fact that it was 5-4 tells you everything you need to know about how four justices on this Court view the right to vote.
“But while advocates and press celebrate that outcome, this Court quietly handed corporations and the wealthy something they have been trying to get for ninety years: a president who can fire any independent regulator who stands in their way. No cause required. No explanation needed. Just gone.
“The Federal Trade Commission investigates corporate fraud. It fights monopolies. It protects consumers from being ripped off by the most powerful companies in the world. That is exactly why those companies spent decades engineering a Court majority that would strip away its independence. Today, that investment paid off.
“Think about what this means for your daily life. Drug companies that don’t want their prices investigated. Big Tech monopolies that don’t want to be broken up. Wall Street banks that don’t want new rules. Any president who wants to protect them can now fire the regulators who won’t play along, and replace them with loyalists who will. As Commissioner Slaughter warned, FTC decisions will now unquestionably reward the rich and powerful at the expense of ordinary Americans.
“This is the same Court that gutted the Voting Rights Act in Callais. The same Court that erased a majority-Black congressional district found to be the product of intentional discrimination. The same Court that has spent years systematically concentrating power in the hands of the few and stripping it from everyone else. Today was not an aberration. It was the pattern continuing, in both directions at once.
“One decent ruling does not change what this Court is. It does not change who built it or who it serves. And it does not change what we need: a Supreme Court that is structurally reformed, genuinely accountable, and actually capable of delivering for the people, not the donors who funded its makeover.
“Don’t get distracted. The Court gave us something with one hand today. Watch what it took with the other.”
