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Re:Senate passes reauthorization of key US surveillance prog... by dartos on Saturday April 20, 2024 @08:19PM (#40102202)
The first past the post system is encoding a two party system into law. If it makes to hard enough for a third party to take hold, there might as well not be one.

Not everything is spelled in ink.

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Re:Senate passes reauthorization of key US surveillance prog... by bigstrat2003 on Saturday April 20, 2024 @10:50PM (#40102812)
That's not "encoded into the law". The outcomes of the law are not the same as the law itself.
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Re:Senate passes reauthorization of key US surveillance prog... by dartos on Sunday April 21, 2024 @02:42AM (#40103643)
Practically speaking, they are.

The effect of a law is at least as important as the literal words on the page.

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