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I'm not sure why writing that paper would make her any more qualified. If she had actually demonstrated that her new arguments around antitrust actually held up

I'm not sure why writing that paper would make her any more qualified. If she had actually demonstrated that her new arguments around antitrust actually held up in court, that would make her more qualified. But as far as I can tell, it was her willingness to pursue cases against "big tech" that got her picked not experience in actually pursuing cases. If anything, the fact that her cases are failing left and right is casting a lot of doubt on the validity of her ideas on antitrust. The lesson is that a popular academic legal paper does not translate into success in real courts.

gamblor956 3y ago
If anything, the fact that her cases are failing left and right is casting a lot of doubt on the validity of her ideas on antitrust. The lesson is that a popular academic legal paper does not translate into success in real courts. Her academic background is not at fault here. The FTC hasn't had any success at antitrust the past several decades despite being led by experienced lawyers due to a judicial change in antitrust doctrine. There are plenty of people commenting on this thread that weren't even born the last time the FTC had a major antitrust victory.