Government-grade spyware hits Mexican advocates of soda tax

Re:Government-grade spyware hits Mexican advocates of soda tax by r00fus on Monday February 13, 2017 @05:57PM (#13639628)

But hey - if you look at law enforcement as a business, then spurious/weak reasons for arrest or investigation simply increase your business flow and reasons for existing.

The problem is that the media and judiciary are completely coopted, letting the corporatization of law enforcement continue unchecked. Where is the slap-down in the courts (or court of public opinion) of police serving money instead of their constituency?

tl;dr - it's a symptom of a bigger problem.

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Re:Government-grade spyware hits Mexican advocates of soda tax by madgar on Monday February 13, 2017 @06:16PM (#13639768)

the judiciary is bound by precedent, and there are 5-4 conservative Supreme Court rulings from the 80s to the early 2000s that cemented the status quo into place.

With Trump/Pence as POTUS the judiciary will be hamstrung for years barring a truly massive public groundswell behind reversing some of those decisions - if that happened, you might see a single judge flip. Whether that's enough depends on who dies before 2021.

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