The state attorneys general for Iowa and Montana have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block what they say is California’s “politicized” lawsuit aimed at stopping the merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery.
\n\nIowa Attorney General Brenna Bird and Montana’s Austin Knudsen — both Republicans — filed a motion with the SCOTUS on Tuesday seeking to have the high court throw out the antitrust lawsuit filed by Democrat California AG Rob Bonta, who, along with 11 other states, is seeking to scuttle Paramount’s plans, according to Variety.
\n\n“Plaintiffs, the State of Iowa and State of Montana, respectfully move this Court for leave to file the attached Bill of Complaint to stop a politicized enforcement action that seeks to block the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger,” the filing with the Supreme Court reads.
\n\nThe filing seems like a long shot as it is unclear if interfering in state antitrust cases is within the Supreme Court’s jurisdiction, several experts told the paper.
\n\nHowever, the two AGs say that appealing to the Supreme Court is their only option to stop Bonta’s political grandstanding.
\n\n“Twelve states have effectively vetoed a transaction that the other thirty-eight, and the United States, declined to challenge,” Tuesday’s motion says.
Original source: https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/
