On Thu, Jun 08, 2000 at 06:34:03PM -0400, Jeffry Smith
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Jun 2000, Benjamin Scott wrote:
> > Don't forget, too, that we've got a lot of Republicans in office right now,
> > and thanks to Bill "Screw Around" Clinton, the Democrats have likely lost the
> > White House, too. And Republicans have never been great fans of anti-trust
> > law.
>
> I beg to differ - Teddy Roosevelt was one of the biggest backers of
> anti-trust. Of course he was also an environmentalist. No one can
> claim the republicans can't change their tune.
I've been told in general Benjamin's statement is true, and have
heard before that, if elected president, Bush might consider (no
definites) dropping the case (disappointing to me as a Republican).
However, I've also seen it noted that the Judge Jackson is a
traditional, Reagan-appointed Republican.
> Now, they could go for dropping prosecution. However, note that the
> IBM & AT&T trials lasted for over 10 years each, through multiple
> administrations. It's hard to ignore a conviction.
That's been my understanding: that the President could tell the
DOJ to back off. I don't know if such a command has to be followed,
although the President can consider that when appointing an
Attorney-General.
Since MS has been found guilty already, does dropping the case
really work? I suppose that the DOJ could just give in on appeal, and
MS would win the appeal?
> Final aspect is that there are state attorneys general also suing. Sure,
> MS buys off DoJ. Now there's these guys. Oh, by the way. They've
> been found guilty. This opens it to private lawsuits.
The state attorneys are definitely something to still consider,
though I question whether they will all stick together if the feds
back out.
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