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>https://mattstoller.substack.com/p/antitrust-establishment-horrified
Antitrust Establishment Confused as Big Tech Foe Lina Khan Gets Overwhelming Support from Congress
The antitrust establishment is confused and upset. Good.
One of the more remarkable appointments Joe Biden has made is that of Lina Khan to the Federal Trade Commission, which is one of two government departments tasked with enforcing antitrust laws. Khan made her bones exposing how lax antitrust law enabled Amazon’s dominance, so when he nominated her, the antitrust establishment was utterly horrified. “Putting more extremists on the commission is not the way to do better,” said University of Pennsylvania law professor Herb Hovenkamp, who is probably the most important antitrust scholar of the last generationand whose work has been essential in eroding the foundations of anti-monopoly law.
Hovenkamp, who is generally a booster of large technology firms, told the National Journal that Khan’s “radical views” make it hard to see how she could get any Republican votes, and she might even fail to be confirmed, as a Democrat or two might have doubts about her ability to do the job. Hovenkamp is not some random law professor. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer once noted that advocates would rather have “two paragraphs of [Hovenkamp’s] treatiseon their side than three courts of appeals or four supreme court justices.” Hovenkamp has been cited by the Supreme Court in 38 different cases, far more often than, say, Robert Bork. His thunderous anger at Khan represents a broad swath of the center-left antitrust establishment’s frustration towards the broader anti-monopoly movement.
>https://obits.mlive.com/us/obituaries/kalamazoo/name/bert-hovenkamp-obituary?pid=154942730
HOVENKAMP, Bert
Age 96
Of Decatur
Passed away Wed., Dec. 7, 2011 in Bronson Lakeview Hospital Paw Paw. Bert was born Sept. 26, 1915 in Nieweroord, Netherlands, the son of Jacob and Aafke (Woltjer) Hovenkamp. He was an Army veteran of WWII. He was a produce farmer in
Decatur for several years
and was on the Board of
Directors of the South Bend Farmers Market. He was a former member of the Christian Reformed in Decatur and a current member of the
First Presbyterian Church in Decatur. Survivors include his wife, Mary "C.B." Hoven-
kamp; a daughter, Trudie (Ron) Abshagen of Decatur; two sons, Herb (Christina) Hovenkamp of Iowa City, Iowa, Jack (Elaine) Hovenkamp of Decatur; eight grandchildren; seven great grandchildren. He married Henrietta Swets Nov. 19, 1947 in South Holland, IL and she preceded him in death Sept. 23, 1991. He was also preceded in death by a sister, Jennie Schreuder and two brothers, Theodore and Henry Hoven-kamp. Friends may call Sat.
5-7 PM in the Newell Funeral Home Decatur. Funeral services will be held 2 PM Sun. in the First Presbyterian Church Decatur with Rev. Brian Hall officiating. Friends may call after 1 PM in the church.
Burial in Hamilton Cemetery Decatur. Memorials may be made to the First Presbyterian Church Decatur or Grace Christian School.