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Considering it was a 9-0 unanimous decision, and we have large variation in ideology on the court, I think the issue and decision has more nuance than “corporat
by monero-xmr 3y ago
Considering it was a 9-0 unanimous decision, and we have large variation in ideology on the court, I think the issue and decision has more nuance than “corporations always win!!”.
- Waterluvian 3y agoI didn’t say that nor am I arguing the merits of this particular case. It feels wrong how they want it both ways.
- DoughnutHole 3y agoThe validity of the judgement and and the question of if corporations have too much power over their trademarks are separate issues. The court is almost certainly correct that the law of the land is that trademark protections are this strong. But trademark law is a creation of congress, and one can believe that the protections are excessive without believing that they are unconstitutional.
- flangola7 3y ago1. SCOTUS has made bad unanimous decisions before. For one, no one on the bench is an anti-capitalist, there's no 6-3 split on that matter. 2. Even if a ruling is in accordance with the law, the law itself may still be wrong. Iran courts ordering capital punishment for a gay couple is accurately upholding the law.
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