Amy Klobuchar Chose a Super Important Issue for the Senate Judiciary Committee’s First Hearing

While Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee are planning hearings on matters of consequence related to Americans’ constitutional rights, COVID origins and the US government’s potential role, and national security, Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Democrats in the Senate are prepping to debut their first Judiciary Committee hearing of the new Congress: “That’s the Ticket: Promoting Competition and Protecting Consumers in Live Entertainment,” focused on getting the nitty-gritty on who’s at fault for the extreme distress Taylor Swift fans experienced while attempting to purchase tickets for the superstar’s upcoming “Eras” tour, though Klobuchar’s already seemingly decided that Ticketmaster is at fault and that some kind of antitrust or consumer protection action needs to be taken. (Klobuchar’s been a big fan of using various parts of the government’s consumer protection bureaucracy to hammer corporations and legislate without having to go through the actual legislative process, as I wrote about here.)Read More