Re:Lieberman tells Web users to ‘relax’ about ‘kill switch’
by wmeredith on Sunday June 20, 2010 @10:23PM
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I'm loathe to find myself on the same side as Lieberman, but giving The President the power to "kill switch" the internet seems like it's not THAT big of a deal considering he has a secret service guy following him around with a briefcase that he can use launch nukes.
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Re:Lieberman tells Web users to ‘relax’ about ‘kill switch’
by cmelbye on Sunday June 20, 2010 @11:48PM
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As Commander in Chief of the US military (as determined by the Constitution), it makes sense for him to have that power. However, shutting down parts of the Internet is unconstitutional because as far as I'm aware, it doesn't grant that power to the President (and by "that power", I don't mean specifically shutting down the Internet. I mean the idea behind it).