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If those local officials were issuing arbitrary fines and illegally impounding cars I'd agree with you. But they weren't. Those local officials were enforcing t
by kevan 9y ago
If those local officials were issuing arbitrary fines and illegally impounding cars I'd agree with you. But they weren't. Those local officials were enforcing the laws of their jurisdictions, which Uber was trying to circumvent.
- bogositosius 9y agoSo let the local officials bring a case.
- dragonwriter 9y agoOne possible outcome of an FBI investigation is information being shared with local prosecutors on which they might being a case.
- kevan 9y agoIf a police officer pulls me over and finds that I was driving without a license, they aren't going to let me drive away and file a case the next day. They're going to impound my car. Following that same logic, if a jurisdiction requires licenses for commercial taxi drivers, then operating as a taxi without that license will result in your car being impounded. Why do you feel these should be treated differently?
- bogositosius 9y agoWhat does this example scenario have to do with the federal government getting involved in taxi regulations?
- kevan 9y agoNothing. The comment I replied to was explicitly about local officials, not the federal government.
- TheCoelacanth 9y agoI would be fine with that, but there's no reason that the federal government shouldn't also bring a RICO case for obstruction of justice.
- bogositosius 9y agoThere are plenty of reasons that they shouldn't. You may not agree with the reasons but they exist.
- TheCoelacanth 9y agoWell, since you haven't stated what the reasons are, you aren't doing a very good job of convincing me that they exist.