The Supreme Court has rejected a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would've shielded Sackler family members who own the company from civil lawsuits over the toll of opioids but also would've provided billions of dollars to combat the epidemic.
  • @cheese_greater
    48•5 months ago

    Why do I feel like they made the right decision? That family needs to be in prison and ALL their billions seized as criminal proceeds. Enough of these bullshit wealth retention escape valves

    • @MiltownClowns
      31•5 months ago

      Isn’t it weird to see a good headline come out of the Supreme Court and instead of thinking, “oh, that’s nice,” you think, “wait a minute, how is this bad?”

      • @cheese_greater
        12•5 months ago

        They’ve had a couple bangers lately, but the expectations are sooo low

    • @disguy_ovahea
      20•5 months ago

      They did, however, a new case won’t be brought and heard before the next presidency. Project 2025’s Schedule F hires won’t be prosecuting businesses doing business. Yet another reason to vote in November.

      • @cheese_greater
        6•5 months ago

        Again $6 billion is nothing, thats $120 million per 1/50 states, how much is even gonna go to each survivor or does the government annex it all basically, add it to the pork barrel to be distributed amongst their “tru$ted” partners/affiliates?

        • @disguy_ovahea
          3•5 months ago

          Oh, I completely agree that they made the right decision. My point is that the ruling is a double-edged sword if Trump wins in the fall.

          • @cheese_greater
            4•5 months ago

            In its current form its already nothing, its sets the price tag at $6 billion to addict the nation and start nouveau Opium wars and still get to keep a commi$h and get out of jail free for their service

            • @disguy_ovahea
              4•5 months ago

              We’ve already spent $52B in settlement funds on local police departments and cash payouts. Without a federal mandate for investment in rehabilitation programs, it’ll just end up spent the same anyway.

              https://www.opioidsettlementtracker.com/

    • @danc4498English
      9•5 months ago

      The dissent basically says that a deal was reached to get money from this company and all 50 state’s attorney generals supported this. This decision results in that money possibly being lost and opioid victims never getting paid.

      I don’t know enough about it though. Seems like the money part of the bankruptcy should not shield the criminals from going to jail. But it sounds like it might be.

      • @cheese_greater
        5•5 months ago

        Which is exactly why its not tenable. Why are they negotiating with terrorists? $6 billion is nothing, shave it off the defense budget.

        Its way more important that these people are put away and serve as an example, like they do in China. Any small-time drug dealer seling Oxy would have been practically crucified even in the US compared to the Sacklers who were driving the entire addiction campaigns and mess, also the consulting firms. Why is civil forefeiture only a fear for the poors/rest of us. Forfeit now, they can litigate it out later from prison

        There’s endless fuckery happening and not so much findoutery. That desperately needs to change. I love that scene in Billions when the fraudster investor guy is begging his DA buddy to let him go, and he’s like “I’m sorry, I can’t. But I know you’re gonna go away for a while and come out a new and better man ☺️”. These people need way tougher love than that but you get the idea

  • @[email protected]English
    4•5 months ago

    Justice Neil Gorsuch, writing for the majority, said “nothing in present law authorizes the Sackler discharge.”

    If you have sackler discharge, that should really be between you and your doctor.

    • FenrirIII
      1•5 months ago

      There’s a pill for that.