by #AndrewPerez, #JuliaRock & #RebeccaBurns in #Jacobin:

"The Supreme Court just agreed to hear a case next term that could preempt Congress and the Biden administration from instituting a federal wealth tax — another potentially lucrative gift for conservative justices’ billionaire benefactors and the superrich. A think tank affiliated with some of those benefactors recently pressed the court to accept the case and outlaw such taxes."

https://jacobin.com/2023/06/supreme-court-moore-v-united-states-wealth-tax-superrich

#WealthTax #wealth #tax #SuperRich #IncomeInequality #inequality #corruption #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS

by #AndrewPerez #JuliaRock & #RebeccaBurns in #TheLever:

"The Supreme Court just agreed to hear a case next term that could preempt Congress and the Biden administration from instituting a federal wealth tax — another potentially lucrative gift for conservative justices’ billionaire benefactors and the super rich. A think tank affiliated with some of those benefactors recently pressed the court to accept the case and outlaw such taxes."

https://www.levernews.com/the-supreme-courts-next-gift-for-its-billionaire_benefactors/

#WealthTax #tax #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS

by #RebeccaBurns in #LeverNews:

"Not only did the crime have little bearing on whether Robinson would be a good tenant, it wasn’t even one that he’d committed. The program had turned up the case of a 33-year-old man with the same name in Texas — where Robinson had never lived. He eventually corrected the error but lost the apartment and his application fee nonetheless, according to a federal class-action lawsuit that moved towards settlement this month. The credit bureau TransUnion, one of the largest actors in the multi-billion-dollar tenant screening industry, agreed to pay $11.5 million to resolve claims that its programs violated fair credit reporting laws."

https://www.levernews.com/artificial-intelligence-is-making-the-housing-crisis-worse/

#AI #housing #landlords #tenants #discrimination