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FCC Lays Down 'Bill Shock' Proposal

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Is there another issue here?

SPCSVZWJeff

Oct 14, 2010, 7:37 PM
The FCC is a part of the executive branch and therefore has no authority to write laws. That belongs to the legislative branch. The FCC can regulate usage of the airwaves only according to existing law. They cannot supercede it. Unless congress passes this as a law and the president signs it, it would be struck down by the courts because it falls outside of the juridiction of the FCC.
This appears to be an abuse of power by the FCC.
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xxmxxmxxmxxm

Oct 15, 2010, 7:17 PM
its not an abuse of power. To get a law passed it has to go through many obstacles, so that means it passed those obstacles.
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Azeron

Oct 15, 2010, 9:07 PM
Presidents sign executive orders all the time and I do believe that they are unconstitutional. I'm all for voting in a new form of government. Revolutions do not have to be bloody. The Articles of Confederation government stepped aside without a whimper. Let's get the ball rolling.
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