OK. You can see that we need to make Chapter 11 more efficient for small businesses.

And the cost, as you have said, of the fact that the system could not accommodate you in that way has resulted presumably in fairly significant losses to your creditors.

The experience of a great number of debtors, mortgage holders, is that banks have become very difficult to work with.

I think that we need to restrict it to truly small businesses, not very large businesses.

I would appreciate very much, the hearing will stay open for--the record of the hearing will stay open for an additional week.

I read both Dr. Mason's testimony and Judge Bennett's testimony as recognizing substantial problems with Chapter 11 as a vehicle for small businesses.

So, pretty considerable economic devastation around you, all for what one might call the want of a nail to keep the process supporting your business.

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We have considerable infrastructure in this country that is decrepit, that is in urgent need of repair and replacement

My point is also about the transparency of the selection process.

What we have seen is, at the State level there is much less support for State bonds than there are for local, because people see more of a direct connection between their tax dollars and those investments.

At what point should the Court lose the benefit of the doubt that these are each independent on the merits decisions as the evidence piles up?

one of the things that most concerned me about the Citizens United decision was not actually in the decision itself

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the simple fact that one of our decisions remains controversial does undermine the precedent's ability to contribute to the stable and orderly development of the law.

The pattern, I think, is beyond distinct. It is now unmistakable. And it is that where corporate interests are involved, the corporation is highly likely to win.

I do think it is regrettable that the five-member majority of the Supreme Court found as a fact on that question.