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bykellin ( 28417 ) writes:
Stripping the FCC of being able to levy fines renders the department pointless.
Woohoo! PIRATE RADIO EVERYWHERE!
byswillden ( 191260 ) writes:
Stripping the FCC of being able to levy fines renders the department pointless.
If SCOTUS upholds, it won't remove the fines, it will just require them to take you to court, then get the court to levy the fines.
This isn't completely silly. They're basically pointing to the fact that various executive branch agencies have been doing legislative and judicial things, making rules and judging when/how those rules apply. Justice Kagan gave some interesting history about that in the recent Trump v Slaughter hearing [youtube.com]. She made the point that we've made a kind of a deal with ourselves ov
byMr. Barky ( 152560 ) writes:
By this logic, the local police shouldn't be able issue speeding tickets. Maybe this is what you think, but forcing this will make enforcing traffic laws extremely inefficient and impractical. (You can challenge traffic tickets in court if you disagree with it - and you can do the same with the FCC. So the courts are involved if needed.)
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byswillden ( 191260 ) writes:
By this logic, the local police shouldn't be able issue speeding tickets
Nonsense.
The police issue citations, but they're enforced by courts. Oh, people often choose just to pay them rather than going to court, but the ticket is actually a summons.
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