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Re:FCC loses court battle to let cities build their own broa... by tetrep on Thursday August 11, 2016 @11:02AM (#12268753)
It doesn't need to give one. Just like how they can arbitrarily declare things like "You can't sell alcohol on Sunday"[0], unless they're violating a federal law/the Constitution, states can do almost anything they want.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_laws_in_the_United_States

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Re:FCC loses court battle to let cities build their own broa... by clavalle on Thursday August 11, 2016 @11:08AM (#12268816)
Right. Maybe that's a bad example because that does represent the will of the churchgoing populous, though.

I can come up with a plausible explanation for that since it does seem to serve the will of a lot of people who also happen to be people that vote heavily -- especially considering the time period the law was made.

For banning municipal broadband, though? I can't think of any way that serves any significant bloc of people in the state.

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