Gaius Publius has been really digging into the TPP story over at Hullabaloo. His latest goes into the details of the Trade 'Courts' that TPP would set up. Everything about them stinks. GP has some opinions from legal scholars who detail how these tribunals would violate the U.S. Constitution, along with some other issues.
...ISDS provisions bypass the constitutionally established court systems of all countries that sign these agreements. In addition, the ability to bypass courts is offered only to investors, as opposed to labor unions or environmental and human rights advocacy groups. Again, decisions of these extra-judicial tribunals are not subject to review by any national court.
Read the whole thing - and if you haven't called your Congress critter to tell them drive a stake through the heart of TPP, do it now. It's not dead yet.
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