Although during his 2005 confirmation hearing Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts tried to reassure the Senate that he would be unbiased because “ Judges are like umpires ,” he and his fellow Republican justices seem to have a strike zone that favors big business. With only five decisions remaining to be announced in the final week of its term, including a challenge to the Affordable Care Act, the Supreme Court is on its way to calling a perfect game–for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Continuing a trend of nakedly pro-business decision-making, the Roberts Court this year has ruled the way the Chamber wanted in every case in which the Chamber intervened. Workers have been particularly hard hit. In Coleman v. Court of Appeals , for example, the five Republicans made it impossible for state employees to sue their employer for failing to give them the leave mandated by the Family and Medical Leave Act, while in Christopher, et al. v. Smithkline Beecham, Corp. , the five overruled the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Department of Labor in denying pharmaceutical sales reps overtime pay.

if the Court strikes down the mandate, then the Court should strike down the entire Affordable Care Act. In the case of This week will determine if the Chamber can complete its perfect season. In the health care case, the Chamber took no position on the individual mandate’s constitutionality, arguing only thatthe Court strikes down the mandate, then the Court should strike down the entire Affordable Care Act. In the case of First American Financial Corporation v. Edwards , the Chamber is arguing that homebuyers should not be able to sue banks and title companies that violate federal anti-kickback laws.

-Matt Bewig

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