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In the USA, the law makers exempt themselves from many laws. For example, political campaigns can ignore the "Do not call" list which the government maintains w
by ldoughty 5y ago
In the USA, the law makers exempt themselves from many laws. For example, political campaigns can ignore the "Do not call" list which the government maintains which allows citizens to opt out of cold calls.
- alistairSH 5y agoThis. Plus, political speech is the "most protected" type of speech in the US. Pretty much anything campaign-related falls under that umbrella. Couple that with the explicit exemptions ldoughty mentions and we tend to get a constant stream of political spam in the lead up to election day (where "lead up" for a presidential election starts about 2 years out - le sigh). Even worse, SCOTUS ruling over the last decade or so have reaffirmed that donations to political causes are speech, dark-money PACs are legal (donor disclosure not required), and all sorts of other things that many of us view as problematic.
- BoxOfRain 5y agoBloody hell that's truly obnoxious. Reminds me of how MPs are exempt from the UK's surveillance programme, Orwell was bang on the money when he portrayed the inner Party members as being able to turn off their telescreens.