U.S. Corporations Are Openly Trying to Destroy Core Public Institutions. We Should All Be Worried.
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Trader Joe's, SpaceX, and Meta are arguing in lawsuits that government agencies protecting workers and consumers—the NLRB and FTC—are "unconstitutional."

Trader Joe’s, SpaceX, and Meta are arguing in lawsuits that government agencies protecting workers and consumers—the NLRB and FTC—are “unconstitutional.”

Trader Joe’s has become the second company in a month to sue the National Labor Relations Board for being “unconstitutional,” following the lead of Elon Musk’s SpaceX, as both companies face board charges for firing employees. These two major corporations aren’t alone in attempting to protect their interests by undermining public institutions; Meta is also arguing in an ongoing lawsuit that the Federal Trade Commission is unconstitutional.

A legal expert told Motherboard that these companies are attempting to take advantage of what they believe is a friendly Supreme Court—judges currently lean right by a six-to-three margin—while they can.

  • ALostInquirer@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    Have any publications zoomed out further on this subject to include the book publishers trying to squeeze libraries with the costs of ebook lending? And the attempts to funnel money to private schools via vouchers under the auspices of “school choice”? I’m sure there are many other examples to include, but these are a couple that came to mind.

    Written well, it could be a great overview or deep dive, and I suspect there are likely a number of books covering different aspects of this as were relevant at the time of their writing.