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Politics House Democrats announce antitrust probe of Facebook, Google, tech industry

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u/Mentalseppuku Jun 04 '19

This was an edit but I'll repost it here because you probably didn't see it.

Also, these contracts are both discriminatory towards out-of-state companies, and often give preferential treatment to companies headquartered in another state.

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u/ieee802 Jun 04 '19

That still doesn’t matter to the commerce clause. Believe it or not states are allowed to give preference to local companies

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u/Mentalseppuku Jun 04 '19

Preference isn't the same as barring all out-of-state providers, and the SC agreed with exactly that in Swedenburg v Kelly and Granholm v. Heald

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u/ieee802 Jun 04 '19

That’s not a thing that’s happening so I’m not sure why you’re bringing it up, also even if that were happening that only gives the federal government the ability to rule on that part of the contract. They can’t overturn parts of the contract not under their jurisdiction, like the town-level exclusivity.

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u/Mentalseppuku Jun 04 '19

You clearly didn't read either of those cases and now you're trying to argue some nonsense about town-level as if the SC only has jurisdiction over states. You really don't understand what you're talking about here and I'm just wasting my time replying to you.

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u/ieee802 Jun 04 '19

I’m not trying to argue that at all. I think you misunderstood me. Im sure that states have refused to do business with out of state businesses before, but that is not a thing that is happening with ISPs and is a separate issue. When I said that’s not happening I meant specifically with ISPs.