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The Federal Trade Commission narrowly voted Tuesday to ban nearly all noncompetes, employment agreements that typically prevent workers from joining competing businesses or launching ones of their own.

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[-] unreasonabro@lemmy.world 72 points 8 months ago

Well holy shit, when did they grow teeth? ... and balls?

[-] ShunkW@lemmy.world 58 points 8 months ago

Don't worry. The supreme Court will find a reason that their existence is unconstitutional soon

[-] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 21 points 8 months ago

that their existence is unconstitutional soon

The new rule, or teeth and balls?

[-] ShunkW@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago

The entire existence of the FTC lol.

[-] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

Oh damn... I gotta think bigger.

[-] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 8 months ago

I mean they haven't just dismantled entire agencies yet. The closest they've done is lean on a pretty basic idea - the rule making power those agencies have is power that belongs to Congress and is narrowly delegated to the agencies by Congress.

This means that such agencies cannot make rules that contradict legislation passed by Congress and can only make rules within the span of things delegated to them and no further (because Congress only delegated the power that Congress actually delegated and nothing more, even if it is related or feels like it should fall under their remit based on the name of the agency). Hence why the FCC can place controls on the content of radio or broadcast TV but has no say over the content of cable TV or streaming services - their power over the former is tied to their control and licensing of the use of the airwaves as a public commons (which they were delegated pretty broad authority over) which simply doesn't apply to cable or streaming.

[-] boonhet@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago
[-] FrowingFostek@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Pshhh how else would Clarence scrape Harland's balls?

[-] Drusas@kbin.run 19 points 8 months ago
[-] uis@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago

Lina Khan has balls.

[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Even something positive always needs to be a backhanded compliment on lemmy

[-] hangonasecond@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago

I'm sure the regulator isn't going to be offended.

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