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Katrina vanden Heuvel: The Supreme Court Works for Corporate Power

The Citizens United decision of the “most powerful branch in government” demonstrates that it’s a Court for the 1 percent.

Press Room

September 17, 2012

In 2010, the Supreme Court decided to give corporations unlimited spending power in elections, effectively pushing the country’s government further into the hands of big business and the super-wealthy. Nation editor and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel joins Maryland state senator Jim Raskin on Moyers & Company to trace the Court’s far-right shift and to discuss how “the most powerful branch in the US government” has weakened democracy in America. Read more of The Nation’s coverage of “The 1 Percent Court.”

Steven Hsieh

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