Posted on 05/27/2020 8:21:31 PM PDT by Helicondelta
Under a little-known regulation that dates back to the 1930s, the president has legal power over electronic transmissions.
The FCC and the DCB were empowered by Section 606 of the 1934 Communications Act, which expressly gave the president full control over electronic transmissions in such circumstances.
Section 606(c), in particular, gave the president full control to suspend and commandeer the country's entire electronic regulatory system. "Upon proclamation by the President that there exists war or a threat of war, or a state of public peril or disaster or other national emergency, or in order to preserve the neutrality of the United States," the law said, the president "may suspend or amend, for such time as he may see fit, the rules and regulations applicable to any or all stations or devices capable of emitting electromagnetic radiations within the jurisdiction of the United States as prescribed by the Commission." He had the power to shut down any radio station—"or any device capable of emitting electromagnetic radiations between 10 kilocycles and 100,000 megacycles, which is suitable for use as a navigational aid beyond five miles"—and could commandeer its equipment, "upon just compensation to the owners."
Now that President Donald Trump is declaring yet another national emergency, it's important to reconsider Section 606. Most Americans have no idea that these emergency declarations permit such sweeping powers over our way of life. Upon declaration of a national emergency, Trump can commandeer every single television and radio station in the United States and demand that it perform as he directs.
(Excerpt) Read more at reason.com ...
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Hope there’s a separate switch for him to turn off all the transmissions of the media, and social networking sites.
funny how the 94% libtard media only worries about these eo’s when a republican is in office.
when democrat presidents actually were the ones that penned them in the first place, and used them.
I could name at least a dozen Governors who are coveting such control.
Hey, ya think I could get him to turn off the light in the living room? I don’t want to walk back out there.
Author doesn’t understand terms used.
Internet based media isn’t “radio and television”. Light switches aren’t covered. Etc.
Colloquial terms have shifted, the science & law hasn’t.
And President Trump should tell Google to put the search engine back the way it was; used to be, that one could search for Free Republic posts and find them.
Good thing there isn’t any emergency.
“10 kilocycles and 100,000 “
Phone, TV and lights operate above that range.
Will he change the channel on the TV and turn it off if I fall asleep watching it? If I lose my remote that could come in handy.
Trump is President.
An article like this is going to spread like wildfire on the left and feed the belief Trump is going to abuse this power.
That may not be the intention of the author but that will be the result.
I think it was Pres Carter who had us all at 60 degrees in winter... someone will remember this and get it right...if i have it wrong.
Google and Faceplant are friends of obama. During his two terms, they were the most frequent visitors to the White House.
This rings a bell.. The 1930’s were a time when other countries’ laws must have had popular influence on ours. Following a hunch I found an inspiring source also dated to 1934:
On the basis of Article 48 paragraph 2 of the Constitution of the German Reich, the following is ordered in defense against Communist state-endangering acts of violence:
§ 1. Articles 114, 115, 117, 118, 123, 124 and 153 of the Constitution of the German Reich are suspended until further notice. It is therefore permissible to restrict the rights of personal freedom [habeas corpus], freedom of (opinion) expression, including the freedom of the press, the freedom to organize and assemble, the privacy of postal, telegraphic and telephonic communications. Warrants for House searches, orders for confiscations as well as restrictions on property, are also permissible beyond the legal limits otherwise prescribed.
C.W.
He’s not going to invoke emergency powers ffs, he’s going to revoke their section 230 exemption.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_230_of_the_Communications_Decency_Act
Osweda = Wictor = Often Wrong
That’s the d@mn reason all of this is coming up. To spook the Left to come out and vote ‘or else,’ and it will simply just get worse!!
Jimmuh “Cardigan” Cahrtuh may have strongly suggested that, but in 1973 it was Richard Nixon who ordered that there be NO outdoor Christmas lights.
NONE.
It was somewhat ignored.
I remember reading about some 70’s Karen undecorating her neighbor’s house and piling all the lights on the front porch.
It's not easy to find someone transmitting on the HF bands. VHF and UHF sure, HF not so much, even with triangulation.
And I don't need a huge antenna to get out far. My attic antennas do just fine making contacts 3,000+ miles away and none of my neighbors suspect a thing.
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