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Re:Australian activist can't use encrypted apps, must let po... by golergka on Monday August 01, 2022 @06:45AM (#32304187)
> the validity of laws is decided based upon the views of unelected bureaucrats appointed by past Presidents

Which means that these people are actually indirectly selected by voters, but are changed in a much slower way and will not be a series of populists who rewrite everything every time a political climate changes a bit.

This sounds like a very good thing.

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Re:Australian activist can't use encrypted apps, must let po... by krapp on Monday August 01, 2022 @07:01AM (#32304296)
That's a very good thing until a populist President, who didn't even win the popular vote, comes into office and stacks the court with loyalists who repeal basic rights supported by the majority of voters.

Then voters are reminded of how little their votes actually matter, directly or indirectly.

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