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Who gets to be the arbiter of "legitimate"?
by lozaning 6y ago
Who gets to be the arbiter of "legitimate"?
- CyberRabbi 6y agoJudges do when a lawsuit happens under a civil rights violation case.
- amanaplanacanal 6y agoJudges, who are government employees, would get to determine what speech is legitimate and what is not? No thanks, I’ll take the current system.
- CyberRabbi 6y agoThat’s literally how all civil rights are enforced.
- amanaplanacanal 6y agoJudges can only enforce laws passed by Congress. “Congress shall make no law” seems like a much better plan to me.
- CyberRabbi 6y agoJudges do not enforce laws, they apply laws to specific situations, otherwise known as interpreting the law. “Congress shall make no law” is the text of the first amendment, which is in regard to limiting free expression, not expanding it.
- amanaplanacanal 6y agoWouldn’t Congress have to make a law for judges to step in here, though? I’m not sure what you are suggesting, exactly.
- CyberRabbi 6y agoNo. Congress makes a law that declares the right to free speech to be a civil right. Judges would naturally step in when there is a contested violation of that right, as they currently do in all civil rights disputes .
- UncleMeat 6y agoSo HN needs a judge to remove spam?
- CyberRabbi 6y agoNo. HN would be able to remove spam freely. A judge is only involved if the spammer wants to waste money on a lawsuit where they are likely to lose