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U.S. Department of Interior Ordered Offline

Posted by chrisd on from the talking-about-the-departments dept.

The whole of the U.S. Department of Interior has been forced off of the internet as a result of a court case Cobell v. Babbit. This was the result of compromises with the Microsoft Windows servers. A judge decided to take the whole of the organization down. Should this judge have this much power? Info here on the indian trust web site. This includes the BLM, USGS and the Park Service. Staggering, really. CD: Hold off on the blaming of MS, it's still not clear.

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  1. Re:Should a judge by truesaer · · Score: 4, Offtopic
    Its not an abuse of power. The law says that teachers cannot strike, and this has surely been upheld by the courts since lots of states have that law. The teachers are striking, and were ordered by the judge to comply with the law and return to class. Since they refused, they were arrested.


    This is what happens when you disobey a lawful order from a judge. Now, the teachers may still be doing the right thing, but if you want to practice civil disobedience, you might end up in the clink.


    Judges do not have the luxury of ignoring the law, or just saying "oh well" when people fail to follow their lawful orders. Again, this isn't flamebait...teachers may be doing the right thing by standing up for themselves, but the judge is also doing the right thing in enforcing the law.