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In the civics class version of the Supreme Court, it is the job of the justices to interpret

the law and that is it, right?

To basically be judicial umpires, calling balls and strikes, and people can argue about

just how much the actual Supreme Court adheres to this idea, but one thing is for sure,

just like in baseball, cases that make it to the highest court in the land usually end

with a winner and a loser.

And the big winners in recent years have been businesses.

That's according to a new study, which argues that the current Supreme Court, led by Chief

Justice John Roberts, may be the most pro-business Supreme Court of the last hundred years.

This is the indicator from planet money.

I'm Whalen Wong.

And I'm Adrian Mah.

Today on the show, we'll ask one of the study's authors why the Roberts Court seems to be

so business-friendly.

And also, why the work is rubbing some people the wrong way.

I have had people say that we are engaging in bean counting.

One person told me this kind of analysis made her sick to her stomach.

Don't worry, you can keep the pep to bismill in the medicine cabinet.

We'll get into it after the break.

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