U.S. Supreme Court rules corporations have more rights that you do

This is unbelievable.

The Supreme Court gave corporations a major win Wednesday, ruling in a 5-4 decision that companies can block their disgruntled customers from joining together in a class-action lawsuit. The ruling arose from a California lawsuit involving cellphones, but it will have a nationwide impact.

In the past, consumers who bought a product or a service had been free to join a class-action lawsuit if they were dissatisfied or felt they had been cheated. By combining these small claims, they could bring a major lawsuit against a corporation.

But in Wednesday's decision, the high court said that under the Federal Arbitration Act companies can force these disgruntled customers to arbitrate their complaints individually, not as part of a group. Consumer-rights advocates said this rule would spell the end for small claims involving products or services.

So let me see if I get this. A corporation is a person, and can contribute directly to a politician...but individual citizens can not act as a group to stand up for their rights against a corporation.

On what planet is this deemed just?

This one it seems.

To quote a great singer: Do you ever get the feeling you've been cheated?

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