What does the make-up of the supreme court mean for businesses and individuals in a time of social change when companies are looking to address diversity gaps?
Are high court changes a blessing or a curse for business?
Outside of the political process to nominate judges. How should the ideological views of a country be reflected in the Supreme Court? And how should the justices on the court reflect the population in other ways?
LINKS:
Ideology of the US (Jan 2020) https://news.gallup.com/poll/275792/remained-center-right-ideologically-2019.aspx (https://news.gallup.com/poll/275792/remained-center-right-ideologically-2019.aspx))
Ideology of the Supreme Court Justices https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideological_leanings_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_justices (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideological_leanings_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_justices)
More conservative supreme court will be better for businesses/consumers:
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-09-24/trump-s-supreme-court-nominee-could-be-good-for-economic-growth (https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-09-24/trump-s-supreme-court-nominee-could-be-good-for-economic-growth)
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/10/main-street-cheers-trumps-pro-business-supreme-court-nominee-brett-ka.html (https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/10/main-street-cheers-trumps-pro-business-supreme-court-nominee-brett-ka.html)
More conservative supreme court bad for business/consumers: https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/trump-s-front-runners-supreme-court-create-concern-employee-consumer-n1240625 (https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/trump-s-front-runners-supreme-court-create-concern-employee-consumer-n1240625)
Pro Judge Amy Coney Barrett: https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2020/09/26/amy-coney-barrett-friend-supreme-court-appointment-column/3549103001/ (https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2020/09/26/amy-coney-barrett-friend-supreme-court-appointment-column/3549103001/)
Con Judge Amy Coney Barrett: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/trump-supreme-court-conservative-legal-movement/616505/ (https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/trump-supreme-court-conservative-legal-movement/616505/)
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