Originally Posted by
airman1900
From Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine March 25-April 7,2019, pages 16-18:
". . . Boeing says the changes are designed to increase overall system redundancy, limit stabilizer trim commands in response to an erroneous AOA reading and retain elevator authority by limiting the degree of stabilizer command."
This appears to quote material from Boeing. It also seems to support the understanding that MCAS, as originally implemented, had authority to command stab trim positions beyond points where elevator inputs could override.