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Shine a light for who to see?
by evanlivingston 9y ago
Shine a light for who to see?
- PerryCox 9y agoHopefully the EFF can challenge this in court and this provides good evidence that the FCC is ignoring what Americans want.
- rayiner 9y agoIgnoring what Americans want is almost the entire point of regulatory agencies like the FCC. They're a bureaucratic/technocratic check on the democratic process. (Which is why, in my opinion they're unconstitutional, but that's an argument for another day.)
- Declanomous 9y agoThat doesn't really explain the fact that a lot of agencies were created because of public outcry, such as the FDA. I think agencies exist because lawmakers don't really have the ability to move decisively when it is needed.
- beaconstudios 9y agoisn't the constitution itself a check on the democratic process?
- rayiner 9y agoMany mechanisms in the constitution serve as checks on the democratic process. Adding checks in addition to those is unconstitutional: http://www.law.nyu.edu/sites/default/files/ECM_PRO_060974.pdf http://www.law.nyu.edu/sites/default/files/ECM_PRO_060974.pd....
- fjdlwlv 9y agoFCC's job is to make and enforce policy that conforms to the law set by Congress, not to hold and obey public votes.
- TheCoelacanth 9y agoYet, they are not allowed to ignore the public's comments. They must take them into consideration, even if they end up deciding to act against public opinion.