Democratic States Seek to Block Massive TV Station Merger

Last week, I wrote about how state attorneys general were beginning to find their sea legs amid the effective closure of the federal Justice Department on issues of corporate power. The next day, the latest of what could prove to be a run of state-based cases was filed by Democratic attorneys general in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, and Virginia. It involves a $6.2 billion merger between two companies whose names aren’t familiar but whose product you likely consume every day.