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The constitution does not give the federal government the power to limit interstate commerce, only the power to prevent states from imposing tariffs on it. The
by nirvana 15y ago
The constitution does not give the federal government the power to limit interstate commerce, only the power to prevent states from imposing tariffs on it.
The regulations in question allow the government to censor websites, something that they are not given the power to do in the establishment clause, and are also strictly forbidden from doing in the first amendment.
If the bills simply entailed the power to require websites to take down IP violating content, then what you say would be true.
The fundamental ideas are not constitutional. I suggest you read the constitution. (Seriously, it was meant to be read. It doesn't take lawyers or judges to interpret it, it is written in pretty plain language.)
- _delirium 15y ago> not given the power to do in the establishment clause What does a prohibition on establishing a national religion have to do with DNS blocking? Perhaps metaphorically, unlimited-copyright is the religion of many politicians, but legally that seems like a stretch...