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Then, just this week, the Los Angeles Times reports the court "restricted the free-speech rights of the nation’s 21 million public employees Tuesday, ruling that the First Amendment does not protect them from being punished for complaining to their managers about possible wrongdoing." The ruling is extremely far-reaching in that "it applies to governments at all levels, including federal and states agencies, public hospitals and public schools and colleges." It is also outrageous.
Consider, for instance, someone working at the Pentagon who finds out that Halliburton or another politically connected contractor is illegally bilking taxpayers, as we know these contractors have in the past. That’s right - if that person tells their superiors about the illegal behavior, they can be fired. And remember - this decision was brought to you specifically by Roberts and Alito. "In October, the justices first heard the case, but they were apparently split 4-4," the Times noted. It was reargued in March, and the two new justices cast the deciding votes in the split decision.
Now, in a story buried in the business press but barely reported anywhere else, we find out that the Roberts court is considering limiting punitive damages against the worst corporate abusers. Specifically, the Financial Times notes that the court said "it would review a $79 mllion award won by the widow of a former smoker against Philip Morris, the big cigarette maker." However, "the case reaches far beyond the world of tobacco, and could test the justices’ determination to restrict the size of damage awards that juries can impose against a wide range of businesses." The paper goes on to note that "the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has tried repeatedly to persuade the justices" to limit punitive damages - and since the White House allowed the Chamber of Commerce to vet potential Supreme Court nominees, the Chamber is now expecting to get its way.
Why is this important to citizens? I have a whole section on this in my new book, Hostile Takeover. Here’s an excerpt that should spell it out: