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Making this unlawful would violate the constitution. People are already upset at the Federal Government, now isn't the time for more bullshit.
by swiley 5y ago
Making this unlawful would violate the constitution. People are already upset at the Federal Government, now isn't the time for more bullshit.
- not2b 5y agoMaking it unlawful to operate this kind of service would be a very bad idea, but it's far from clear that it's unconstitutional, and I would expect courts to rule otherwise if Congress decides to impose more logging requirements.
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- majormajor 5y agoThe single most clear political lesson of the past decade is that using power, even blatantly cynically, when you have it, won't produce much of a backlash. Your fans will just wait until the "other team" does it to complain. And that's for hyper-partisan issues! I'm not sure there's any truly influential political group that would strongly oppose this. Thinking it's just the politicians who are unaware and/or disagree with the tech-minded is a mistake. The populace is less on our side re: surveillance than we'd hope.
- ranger_danger 5y agosecret FISA courts are also against the constitution, yet here we are.
- otterley 5y agoWhy would it be unconstitutional? Which provision would such a law contravene?