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When Stephen Breyer stepped down from the Supreme Court a few days ago, I discussed his legacy as a stalwart ally of monopolists, the kind of ‘Robert Bork of the Democrats.’ When he was nominated, Breyer was confirmed overwhelmingly by both parties, and as he retired, important Republicans have lauded him, including Senator Mitt Romney. “This is the way the Senate used to be – a welcome throwback,” tweeted NBC News chief correspondent Andrea Mitchell.
Here’s Romney.
What’s interesting about this tweet is that it’s not about what Mitchell assumes, which is bipartisanship in the context of Romney’s role as a Senator. It’s about antitrust in the context of Romney’s role as a financier. Before he went into politics, Romney learned antitrust from Breyer, and then went on to become a merger and market power specialist as a…
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