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Obama might outlaw it on his way out...
by awqrre 11y ago
Obama might outlaw it on his way out...
- shmerl 11y agoWhat would be the point for him to make a mess on his way out? Just to be nasty?
- mirkules 11y agoFurther the agenda of his political donors and pave the way for the successor. Or make it difficult for an adversarial successor to pass opposite laws.
- CapitalistCartr 11y agoIn the United States, the President doesn't pass laws. Obama has taken executive power to extremes during his term, but he can't do that.
- shmerl 11y agoDid the Congress authorize all that uncostitutional surveillance for example? I thought it was a secret court interpreting the law in secret on behalf of the executive power. So "passing laws" in such context is not a far fetched claim.
- CapitalistCartr 11y agoThat wouldn't require Obama to wait until just before leaving office. Anything done in secret has already been implemented. What the FBI is asking for could likely be done by the NSA already. The Feds want a publicly known law or ruling they can use as a club over private companies, so they don't have to break any more encryption; they want it all handed to them. And they're too shortsighted and pigheaded to see/admit the folly of what they're asking.