The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled over a series of cases that universities may use affirmative action to help minority applicants get into college. Conservatives have argued such programs can […]
Wednesday, July 4th, 2018
Lina Khan, Director of Legal Policy with the Open Markets Institute - VOX
Stephan: Associate Justice Kennedy's retirement swamped out other important news from the Supreme Court, including the change described in this report.
The court, the congress, and the president are all actively complicit in the rise of Neo-feudalism. There is a conscious, explicit strategy to reduce the mass of the population to serfdom in service to the aristocracy of the uber-rich. You can choose not to believe this, but it is happening whether you see or admit it.
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The decision was overshadowed by other blockbuster cases and the announcement of Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement, but the Supreme Court last week delivered the most significant antitrust opinion by the Court in more than a decade — one that made it extraordinarily more difficult for the government to rein in certain companies that abuse their market power. (emphasis added)
The case was Ohio v. American Express, and it arrived against a backdrop of growing public recognition of the excessive clout wielded by corporations over American workers and consumers, and rising interest in anti-monopoly law and policy, especially on the left.
In it, the Court dealt a huge blow to the ability of government and private plaintiffs to enforce existing antitrust laws, making it easier for dominant firms — especially those in the tech sector — to abuse their market power with impunity.
How American Express exerts pressure on merchants
This case asked whether certain restrictions American Express places on merchants violated the Sherman Act, which prohibits certain monopolistic […]
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Wednesday, July 4th, 2018
Stephan:
As if we needed one more proof here is yet another story showing that in the United States we do not have a healthcare system, we have an illness profit system.
How is it possible this is tolerated? Perhaps because 64 per cent of Americans have never been outside of the U.S. borders so they literally have no conception of what real healthcare looks like, behaves like.
Their mother, Danielle, watches from a nearby lawn chair. She’s like a hawk, keeping a close eye on Trevor and the rest of her brood.
It was 10 years ago in this backyard when a similar moment of revelry was shattered. Trevor, then a toddler, was running around, having the time of his life, his mom keeping steady watch.
Trevor suddenly came over, placed his hand on her knee and looked directly into her eyes. He tried to speak but couldn’t say a word. Then his head twitched ever so slightly to the right. Their gazes locked. Mom’s heart wrenched.
It was so mild that Danielle told herself it must have been her imagination. […]
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