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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/05/2026

Then Biden gave lifetime appointments to corporate-friendly judges who blocked their rulemakings and penalties: www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/... 25/

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US judge turns down challenge to Microsoft merger with Activision

Judge rejects challenge to $69bn acquisition in blow to efforts to crack down on economic consolidation in tech sector.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/05/2026

Of course, it wasn't just Biden's own judicial appointees who stood in his way; from the Supreme Court on down, on issues from student debt cancellation to noncompetes, judges blocked the Biden administration. 26/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/05/2026

When this happened, Biden got lost on his way to the bully pulpit. Rather than working the refs - the way Trump does, which energizes his base, stiffens his legislators' resolve and intimidates other judges - Biden tinkered in the margins to advance half-measures and stayed mum in public. 27/

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