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>A bipartisan consensus has formed around this idea. Senator Elizabeth Warren has charged tech giants with using their heft to “snuff out competition,” and even
by nokcha 9y ago
>A bipartisan consensus has formed around this idea. Senator Elizabeth Warren has charged tech giants with using their heft to “snuff out competition,” and even Senator Ted Cruz — usually a foe of government regulation — recently warned of their “unprecedented” size and power.
>But the decision in a case currently before the Supreme Court could block off that path, by effectively shielding big tech platforms from serious antitrust scrutiny.
The case before the Supreme Court concerns interpretation of statutory provisions, not Constitutional law. A bipartisan consensus in Congress could negate the Supreme Court ruling simply by amending the Sherman Antitrust Act.
- jakelazaroff 9y ago> A bipartisan consensus in Congress could negate the Supreme Court ruling simply by amending the Sherman Antitrust Act. Sure, but is that likely to actually happen? Just because Congress could possibly negate a court ruling doesn't mean there's nothing to see here.
- netheril96 9y agoExcept that the "consensus" probably means only a handful of Senators behind it.