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No, states either have the right to set their own laws or they don't, you don't get to pick and choose some categories of laws on ideological grounds. State lev
by walrus01 5y ago
No, states either have the right to set their own laws or they don't, you don't get to pick and choose some categories of laws on ideological grounds. State level abortion laws and school textbook laws are okay to override federal regulations but not telecom laws?
Fact is there's a certain set of individuals right now spending a lot of time, money and effort to set new state laws based on conservative religious ideology. Conveniently enough, many of them also happen to be big fans of Ajit Pai and the people working to overturn net neutrality laws.
But then again, American politics and hypocrisy is nothing new, so it's not like I'm surprised in the slightest.
- temp8964 5y ago
- walrus01 5y agoNearly every prominent conservative politician of the past ten years has come out publicly against "net neutrality". Particularly when a state like California sets its own regulations. And yet these are the very same people who will vigorously defend the rights of other states to pass laws that directly contradict Supreme Court decisions, or pre-existing Federal laws.
- temp8964 5y ago
- thereisnospork 5y agohttps://thehill.com/policy/technology/537874-biden-administration-drops-lawsuit-against-californias-net-neutrality-law/ https://thehill.com/policy/technology/537874-biden-administr...
- alborzb 5y agoJust to backup the source the other commentor provided, here's 3 more "prominent conservatives" as you wanted - The Republican attorneys general of Texas, Arkansas, and Nebraska want for the federal repeal of net neutrality to preempt states from enacting their own net neutrality rules -- https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/10/fcc-quest-to-kill-net-neutrality-supported-by-texas-arkansas-and-nebraska/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/10/fcc-quest-to-kil...
- cgriswald 5y agoI don’t think that’s the proper requirement. They need to be not only conservative, but demonstrably supportive of states’ rights. Regardless, the entire thing line of reasoning is moot. Even people who believe in states rights and are truly principled in their actions don’t think that states rights are a blank check or that no federal laws should passed. For example you can be in favor of federal laws protecting access to abortion because you believe in individual rights being paramount while also believing the federal government overreaches in other domains. The poster is really just pointing out a perceived hypocrisy in politicians, which isn’t interesting; and painting everyone else who believes in the same concept with the same brush even if they haven’t demonstrated that hypocrisy.