Biden appointed progressive Lina Khan to go after Big Tech. Some of his donors are hopeful Harris will boot the FTC chair if she wins.
and House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers sent a letter to Khan Thursday saying they were investigating a recent lawsuit by the FTC accusing Arizona-based Coulter Motor Company of discriminating against Latino patrons.. The agency partnered with the state of Arizona on the case and the two sides came to a proposed $2.6 million settlement in August.
The high court concluded that the judiciary would have to weigh in on areas of legal ambiguity instead, setting the stage for a potentially significant curtailing of the administrative state.As a result of the high court’s June ruling, the FTC will have to “convince a court that Congress authorized the Commission to use the FTC Act for civil rights enforcement,” the GOP reps explained.
“Congress gave the FTC the power to enforce the ECOA, but that authority to challenge conduct under the ECOA does not accordingly permit the FTC to separately challenge conduct as “unfair discrimination” pursuant to the FTC Act,” the two GOP reps stressed.
Recently, billionaire Mark Cuban publicly stated that he would like Vice President Kamala Harris to let go of Khan if she wins the Nov. 5 election.A handful of deep-pocked Harris backers on Wall Street have privately urged the Democratic campaign to get rid of Khan as well,
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