Commentary Google recently requested that the blockbuster December antitrust suit filed by 10 states in response to its alleged “illegal” and “monopolistic” online advertising practices be moved from Texas to the Northern District of California of the Ninth Circuit. In its official filing, Google cited suitability as the primary reason, arguing that the Northern District court is “the venue where Google is headquartered and where more relevant witnesses and documents are located than in any other district in the country.” In reality, though, the reasoning for Google’s request for a re-location change appears far more conniving and calculated than creating a more thorough and accountable courtroom. Conservatives know all too well that the Ninth Circuit’s decisions often don’t align with their interests. In the past, Newt Gingrich called the court “anti-American,” while Rush Limbaugh categorized it as “the Ninth Circus.” At the start of his presidency, Donald Trump even advocated for its breakup. Most of these …
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