The Assault on Congress’s Anti-Monopoly Solution with Sean Flaim

The discussion topics will include:

• The Supreme Court’s century-long attack on the anti-monopoly movement
• Why Congress created multi-member bipartisan commissions to diffuse enforcement power
• How Trump v. Slaughter sets up Democrats to pursue Supreme Court reform
• The Supreme Court’s sympathy with big business and concentrated power

Guest Bio: Sean M. Flaim is a Visiting Scholar at The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law and Co-Chair of the American Bar Association Antitrust Section’s Legislation Committee. He writes on antitrust law, constitutional structure, and concentrated economic power in his personal capacity. Sean has previously served as a legal intern in the Office of Commissioner Julie Brill at the Federal Trade Commission and as a senior attorney with the federal government. He is the author of a forthcoming book on the institutional mechanisms through which societies manage rivalry and concentrated power.