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Nearly every prominent conservative politician of the past ten years has come out publicly against "net neutrality". Particularly when a state like California

Nearly 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 ago
  https://thehill.com/policy/technology/537874-biden-administration-drops-lawsuit-against-californias-net-neutrality-law/ https://thehill.com/policy/technology/537874-biden-administr...
- alborzb 5y ago
  Just 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 ago
  I 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.

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thereisnospork 5y ago
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/537874-biden-administration-drops-lawsuit-against-californias-net-neutrality-law/ https://thehill.com/policy/technology/537874-biden-administr...
alborzb 5y ago
Just 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 ago
I 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.