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by JumpCrisscross 2706 days ago
> they published this as part of a legal defense rather than a lobbying effort

We live in a common law system [1]. Case law, regulatory proceedings, statutes and constitutions are all law. What ultimately matters is outcome.

We don't know the details of the case they are defending against. We don't even know if there is one. Either way, there is lots of ground between "this right shouldn't apply here" and "you should take it away." Google chose the latter.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_law