Thursday, October 31, 2019

JUDICIARY: Gerrymandering, Children's Trusts & Non Disclosure Agreements - What Was Not Discussed In The Hearing

U.S. President Benjamin Harrison
Coat of Arms
Sherman Antitrust Act 
The following were situations ignored in this antitrust and economic opportunity in trafficking tiny humans:

  1. Are States child welfare licenses transportable across state lines? (i.e. foster care, social worker, adoption specialist);
  2. How come there is no competition in the States child welfare contracts?
  3. How come there is no licensing revocation, sanctions, contractual debarment, prosecution and recovery in child welfare?
  4. How come no one will talk about the Interstate Compact on the Placement of the Children, which is not a law, but a hot mess of a pseudo-policy for trafficking tiny humans?

Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890

Every contract, combination in the form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations, is declared to be illegal. Every person who shall make any contract or engage in any combination or conspiracy hereby declared to be illegal shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by fine not exceeding $100,000,000 if a corporation, or, if any other person, $1,000,000, or by imprisonment not exceeding 10 years, or by both said punishments, in the discretion of the court.

  1. § 1. Trusts, etc., in restraint of trade illegal; penalty
  2. § 2. Monopolizing trade a felony; penalty
  3. § 3. Trusts in Territories or District of Columbia illegal; combination a felony
  4. § 4. Jurisdiction of courts; duty of United States attorneys; procedure
  5. § 5. Bringing in additional parties
  6. § 6. Forfeiture of property in transit
  7. § 6a. Conduct involving trade or commerce with foreign nations
  8. § 7. “Person” or “persons” defined
  9. § 8. Trusts in restraint of import trade illegal; penalty
  10. § 9. Jurisdiction of courts; duty of United States attorneys; procedure
  11. § 10. Bringing in additional parties
  12. § 11. Forfeiture of property in transit
  13. § 12. Definitions; short title
  14. § 13. Discrimination in price, services, or facilities
  15. § 13a. Discrimination in rebates, discounts, or advertising service charges; underselling in particular localities; penalties
  16. § 13b. Cooperative association; return of net earnings or surplus
  17. § 13c. Exemption of non-profit institutions from price discrimination provisions
  18. § 14. Sale, etc., on agreement not to use goods of competitor
  19. § 15. Suits by persons injured
  20. § 15a. Suits by United States; amount of recovery; prejudgment interest
  21. § 15b. Limitation of actions
  22. § 15c. Actions by State attorneys general
  23. § 15d. Measurement of damages
  24. § 15e. Distribution of damages
  25. § 15f. Actions by Attorney General
  26. § 15g. Definitions
  27. § 15h. Applicability of parens patriae actions
  28. § 16. Judgments
  29. § 17. Antitrust laws not applicable to labor organizations
  30. § 18. Acquisition by one corporation of stock of another
  31. § 18a. Premerger notification and waiting period
  32. § 19. Interlocking directorates and officers
  33. § 19a. Repealed. Aug. 23, 1935, ch. 614, § 329, 49 Stat. 717
  34. § 20. Repealed. Pub. L. 101–588, § 3, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 2880
  35. § 21. Enforcement provisions
  36. § 21a. Actions and proceedings pending prior to June 19, 1936; additional and continuing violations
  37. § 22. District in which to sue corporation
  38. § 23. Suits by United States; subpoenas for witnesses
  39. § 24. Liability of directors and agents of corporation
  40. § 25. Restraining violations; procedure
  41. § 26. Injunctive relief for private parties; exception; costs
  42. § 26a. Restrictions on the purchase of gasohol and synthetic motor fuel
  43. § 26b. Application of antitrust laws to professional major league baseball
  44. § 27. Effect of partial invalidity
  45. § 27a. Transferred
  46. § 28. Repealed. Pub. L. 98–620, title IV, § 402(11), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3358
  47. § 29. Appeals
  48. § 30. Repealed. Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title IV, § 14102(f), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1922
  49. § 31. Repealed. Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title IV, § 14102(a), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1921
  50. §§ 32, 33. Repealed. Pub. L. 91–452, title II, §§ 209, 210, Oct. 15, 1970, 84 Stat. 929
  51. § 34. Definitions applicable to sections 34 to 36
  52. § 35. Recovery of damages, etc., for antitrust violations from any local government, or official or employee thereof acting in an official capacity
  53. § 36. Recovery of damages, etc., for antitrust violations on claim against person based on official action directed by local government, or official or employee thereof acting in an official capacity
  54. § 37. Immunity from antitrust laws
  55. § 37a. Definitions
  56. § 37b. Confirmation of antitrust status of graduate medical resident matching programs
  57. § 38. Association of marine insurance companies; application of antitrust laws


Gerry's (sala)mander stealin' the children, land & votes map

In 1887, largely as a result of the Democratic gerrymandering of Indiana's legislative districts, Harrison was defeated in his bid for reelection.[24]
Gerry's (sala)mander stealin' the children, land & votes
map of the Michigan13th Congressional District
In 2010, largely as a result of the Democratic gerrymandering of Michigan's legislative districts, Conyers was not defeated in his bid for reelection because the Celestial Goddess of the Woodshed beared witness to the stealin' the children, land & votes by "Legal Geniuses" (trademark pending).

The following is the history of gerrymandering:

Gerrymandering was named after Elbridge Gerry, former Vice President and grand father of Eldridge Gerry founded the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, where what we know today as Child Protective Services was known as the Gerry Society.

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"First, we steal the children, the land, then
the votes!" said Gerry ordering his
Secret Society (now known as CPS)
for the next round of redistricting.
The Response 1874-1875

SPCC Founding 1874
Henry Bergh and Elbridge Gerry, aware that the hour for children had finally come, recruited respected philanthropist John D. Wright and formally pledged themselves to the establishment of organized child protection.
Children's Protective Society
The undersigned, desirous of rescuing the unprotected children
of this city and State
from the cruelty and demoralization which
neglect and abandonment engender'
hereby engage to aid, with their sympathy and support,
the organization and working of a Children's Protective Society,
having in view the realization of so important a purpose.
On December 15, 1874, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children was founded and organized. Gerry annunciated its unique purpose:
"to rescue little children from the cruelty and demoralization which neglect, abandonment and improper treatment engender; to aid by all lawful means in the enforcement of the laws intended for their protection and benefit; to secure by like means the prompt conviction and punishment of all persons violating such laws and especially such persons as cruelly ill treat and shamefully neglect such little children of whom they claim the care, custody or control."
NYSPCC Incorporation 1875
On Tuesday, April 27, 1875, the SPCC was incorporated as The New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, the first child protection agency in the world. John D. Wright became its first president, Gerry and Bergh vice-presidents.

But this is what they were really doing:

Humanitarian reformers had expressed concern for children before the 1870s, organizing efforts to end the corporal punishment of school children, creating institutions to care for ORPHANS, and even sending orphans by train to foster families in the West. But reformers were reluctant to interfere in families, which had a recognized right to privacy. By the 1870s, the relative weights of the concern for children and the concern for family privacy had shifted. Mary Ellen's residence with foster parents (her biological parents were dead) may have eased her protectors' willingness to cross that boundary. Differences in class and culture also facilitated the creation of the SPCCs. The organizations were directed by wealthy, conservative, Protestant white men, whereas their clientele were mostly poor, Catholic immigrant families or poor black families. These were powerful distinctions during the late nineteenth century.
Their founders conceived of the SPCCs as law enforcement agencies. Agents were to find abused children–on the street or through tips made by concerned neighbors, relatives, and even the abused children themselves–investigate their families, and prosecute abusers. Many states gave the societies police powers, such as the right to issue warrants, or allowed the police to aid them. Most importantly, "the cruelty" (as SPCC agents were sometimes known in poor neighborhoods) could remove children from their homes.


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Stop Medicaid Fraud in Child Welfare

On a lighter note, the Committee briefly discussed Non Disclosure Agreements, but failed to mention Omarosa.

Omaros deserves due process, too.

Where is Omarosa?


Witnesses

Panel One: 
The Honorable Noah Phillips 
Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
Ms. Doha Mekki 
Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General, United States Department of Justice
Mr. Rahul Rao 
Assistant Attorney General, Washington State Office of the Attorney General

Panel Two: 
Ms. Sanjukta Paul 
Assistant Professor of Law, Wayne State University
Dr. Ioana Marinescu 
Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice
Dr. Evan Starr 
Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations, University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business
Mr. Richard Masters 
Special Counsel, National Center for Interstate Compacts
Dr. Kate Bahn
Director of Labor and Market Policy and Economist, Washington Center for Equitable Growth
Dr. Robert Topel
Isidore & Gladys Brown Distinguished Service Professor of Economics, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
116th Congress

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