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Re:Kavanaugh's defense of NSA phone surveillance looms as co... by masonic on Tuesday July 10, 2018 @05:12AM (#17496431)
Would you prefer a system where law can be overruled by the stroke of an unelected administrator's pen? All he this says is that if government wants a power, it has to follow a legal process to obtain it.

We had net neutrality under GWB. We lost it under Obama by a botched change in administration governance without corresponding legislation.

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Re:Kavanaugh's defense of NSA phone surveillance looms as co... by monetus on Tuesday July 10, 2018 @01:19PM (#17500182)
No, of course I wouldn't. I wasn't lamenting net neutrality, I was lamenting that I think he will be confirmed by means of those measured statements. The due process isn't upsetting, the fact the court will likely be regressive is.

With you having made me think about it, I'm pretty sure the supreme court judges are unelected administrators. Our Congress isn't representative, so I don't think their confirmation process is either.

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