FTC Restores Rigorous Enforcement of Law Banning Unfair Methods of Competition

Re:FTC Restores Rigorous Enforcement of Law Banning Unfair M... by 1vuio0pswjnm7 on Thursday November 10, 2022 @07:56PM (#33556022)

"It's possible that the commissioners are concerned about it, and are trying to make some kind of mark and set precedent before they are all fired and replaced if a Republican (Trump?) takes office in 2024."

It is also possible that this is an incorrect interpretation despite its position as the top HN comment. Note I am not saying it is incorrect, I am saying it is possible it is incorrect. Anything is possible, right. Well, almost.

FTC Commissioners are appointed for terms of seven years,^1 and no more than three can be from the the same political party. The Senate must confirm nominations. The President chooses the Chairperson. See 15 USC 41.

Commissioners frequently resign before their terms expire, but I am not aware of any instances where a Commissioner, or all five of them, as suggested by the parent comment, have been been "fired" for political reasons. Perhaps an astute HN commenter can cite one.

1. The exception is if they are filling a vacancy left by someone who leaves before their term expires.

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Re:FTC Restores Rigorous Enforcement of Law Banning Unfair M... by nerdponx on Thursday November 10, 2022 @09:57PM (#33556818)

There's an aphorism about how the best way to get the right answer to a question is to post the wrong answer.

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Re:FTC Restores Rigorous Enforcement of Law Banning Unfair M... by waltbosz on Thursday November 10, 2022 @10:33PM (#33557028)

It's called Parkinson's Law.

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Re:FTC Restores Rigorous Enforcement of Law Banning Unfair M... by CPLX on Thursday November 10, 2022 @10:51PM (#33557133)

Clever

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Re:FTC Restores Rigorous Enforcement of Law Banning Unfair M... by waltbosz on Friday November 11, 2022 @07:16AM (#33559849)

You win.

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Re:FTC Restores Rigorous Enforcement of Law Banning Unfair M... by salawat on Friday November 11, 2022 @12:04AM (#33557480)

Cunningham's Law.

Q.E.D.

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Re:FTC Restores Rigorous Enforcement of Law Banning Unfair M... by nanidin on Friday November 11, 2022 @01:07AM (#33557786)

Or nerd sniping, for the layman.

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Re:FTC Restores Rigorous Enforcement of Law Banning Unfair M... by pm90 on Thursday November 10, 2022 @10:21PM (#33556950)

> Commissioners frequently resign before their terms expire, but I am not aware of any instances where a Commissioner, or all five of them, as suggested by the parent comment, have been been "fired" for political reasons. Perhaps an astute HN commenter can cite one.

Precedent didn’t seem to restrain 45.

45 remains the favored candidate to run as the GOP nominee in 2024 Presidential election.

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Re:FTC Restores Rigorous Enforcement of Law Banning Unfair M... by 1vuio0pswjnm7 on Friday November 11, 2022 @02:22AM (#33558125)

"45" appointed two Democratic Commissioners and one Republican when he was in office. One is still serving and voted in favour of withdrawing the 2015 Statement on Section 5. The 2015 Statement came under Obama's watch, not 45's.

"Tech" proponents try to politicise any regulation that threatens their privacy-disrepecting, anticompetitive and deceptive "business" practices but that strategy is doomed to fail. At this point politicians on both sides are annoyed by the "tech" company nonsense, perhaps for different reasons.

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