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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
byrsilvergun ( 571051 ) writes:
That's the same thing. Ignoring the fact that Congress has basically stripped the divisions of government of the funding needed to battle stuff like this out in court the reality is that after decades of Court packing with pro corporate judges none of those finds will ever be levied unless it's against something like a hobbyist.
And people pay fines all the damn time without involving the courts. There is decades of precedence for that.
byjonbryce ( 703250 ) writes:
"people pay fines all the damn time without involving the courts"
Presumably by pleading guilty on the summons? But if they have the right to plead not guilty and have their day in court, then there's no problem with that.
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