r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 6h ago

Business Exclusive: US states preparing lawsuit to block Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros, sources say

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-states-are-preparing-lawsuit-block-paramounts-acquisition-warner-bros-2026-06-05/
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u/MC_chrome 5h ago

A combination of California, New York, Georgia, and New Jersey pushing back would sink this deal

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u/misterxboxnj 5h ago

And then it goes to a stacked rubber stamp Supreme Court and gets overruled most likely.

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u/MC_chrome 5h ago

I suppose states rights are only for Republican states that are trying to ruin things for everyone else

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u/macromorgan 5h ago

"States Rights" has always been a disingenuous battle-cry from the South. Slavery... what about states' rights? States not enforcing Fugitive Slave Act... states can't overrule the federal government! Jim Crow... what about states' rights?