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>how can such a law come through, if the general public opposes it so much? It's not a law, it's a decision made by a federal regulatory agency. Only Congress
by GeneralMayhem 9y ago
>how can such a law come through, if the general public opposes it so much?
It's not a law, it's a decision made by a federal regulatory agency. Only Congress can enact laws. The FCC commissioners are appointed by the president, so they're more like a branch of the executive branch than anything else. Congress can overrule them, but they're unlikely to do so under the current makeup, because:
>how corrupt or ignorant have you to be
The Republican Party is plumbing new depths of corruption and ignorance by the hour. Nothing would surprise me at this point.
- Mikhail_Edoshin 9y agoNet neutrality itself "not a law, it's a decision made by a federal regulatory agency". It's a government regulation of 2011 (with questionable authority) and now it's lessened in a rather mild way.
- matwood 9y agoExcept it was a Republican who tried to move a NN type law through, and it was the Democrats who only wanted to move forward with the common carrier designation. https://morningconsult.com/2017/01/23/thune-net-neutrality-repeal-threat-bring-democrats-compromise/ https://morningconsult.com/2017/01/23/thune-net-neutrality-r...