[starwind]

Bork argued that antitrust law shouldn't inherently challenge bigness. He felt that the antitrust should seek to maximize consumer welfare. That's been interpreted by the courts to mean lower prices, but any economist worth their salt will say consumer choice is an aspect of consumer welfare.

It doesn't matter if Little Caesars pizza is the cheapest option, if there aren't any other pizza options, consumer welfare is severely negatively impacted because some consumers won't like Little Caesars.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg—despite being lionized by liberals—was an extremely pro-business justice who played a strong role in the Supreme Court siding with businesses in all but one antitrust case from 1995ish on. With her gone, I think this case may actually have a chance

[remarkEon]

Thomas does seem at least open to having the discussion, and has mentioned social media market position in previous opinions.

[rodgerd]

The cynic in me says that Thomas is open to the discussion to the extent that it hurts companies that he percieves as his enemies, and will shut it down as soon as it covers companies that he considers on his side.

[remarkEon]

One good thing about the Court is that you can go ahead and just read what he writes and develop your own opinion on what he thinks and why. It’s all public and free.

A test I have for any article about the Court or its Justices is a really simple one: if the article does link to the Opinion, it’s pushing an agenda or a narrative. Once you do this you’ll probably discover that well over half of the articles about the Supreme Court are not worth reading.

[whatshisface]

That would stand out among SC justices as abnormal, they're usually only biased when it can be consistent, which covers most cases but doesn't go so far as applying different law to different companies.

[rodgerd]

> That would stand out among SC justices as abnormal

Well that was certainly Scalia's opinion of Thomas.

[preommr]

> Ruth Bader Ginsburg—despite being lionized by liberals—was an extremely pro-business justice who played a strong role in the Supreme Court siding with businesses in all but one antitrust case

I googled this because it seemed interesting.

The first two articles I looked up emphasize how little influence she had on anti-trust cases. At her hearing she said "Antitrust … is not my strong suit." It seems like she went along with other more experienced judges in this area such as Scalia or Breyer who is noted for being very business-friendly.

Where is your idea that Ginsburg was the lynchpin for weak anti-trust rulings coming from?

[treeman79]

Google screws with political results they don’t like. A google search is going to show what the higher ups at google believe.

[jessaustin]

You identify an important point about Ginsburg, but the current court is mostly a creation of "the Federalist Society". Although these jokers claimed to be concerned about abortion when weaseling their way up the judiciary system, they are all far more concerned with Borkism. Compare the number of abortion cases that reach the Supreme Court with the number of cases focused on business, IP, monopoly, consumer rights, liability, etc.