It is crystal clear from the plain text (textualism) and the original public understanding (originalism) of our century-old antitrust laws that trillion-dollar #BigTech monopolists (@Google, @amazon, @Facebook, @Apple) are violating the law.
But starting about 40 years ago, conservative academics and judges essentially rewrote—and neutered—our federal antitrust laws by grafting on the “consumer-welfare standard.”
This judicial activism makes it difficult to bring antitrust lawsuits, especially against #BigTech.
The “consumer-welfare standard” largely forces judges to focus narrowly on how the alleged anticompetitive conduct affects the price to consumers.
The problem is that #BigTech largely offers “free” services, like @Google’s gmail, internet search, and maps.
"[@SenAlexPadilla] has screening panels led by his adviser Michael A. Troncoso, who previously led political advocacy at [@ChanZuckerberg] established by [@Facebook] founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan."