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To: H8LIBERALS

Regulating communications is not an enumerated power in Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution. Therefore the FCC is unconstitutional and must be abolished.


46 posted on 06/10/2010 10:53:31 AM PDT by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it! www.FairTaxNation.com)
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To: Man50D; Danae

In fact, regulating communications is prohibitted by the 1st Amendment.

If they want an FCC, let them amend the Constitution for things the founders never thought of.


52 posted on 06/10/2010 11:17:53 AM PDT by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (REPEAL OR REBEL! -- Islam Delenda Est! -- I Want Constantinople Back. -- Rumble thee forth.)
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To: Man50D

This amounts to “eminent domain”. There is a very limited range of radio-spectrum “real estate” which is dolled out, registered, and sometimes reallocated just like frontier property. What used to be available for unregulated private use, but now that space is needed for legitimate public service. Users are welcome to “relocate” to other unregulated areas, and current market technology is already there.

There is no censorship involved here. It amounts to legitimate Constitutional taking for public use with suitable compensation of new unregulated free frequencies.


70 posted on 06/14/2010 7:52:22 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (+)
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