Al Franken Makes a Case For Net Neutrality

jomama717 writes "In a post titled 'The Most Important Free Speech Issue of Our Time' this morning on The Huffington Post, Senator Al Franken lays down a powerful case for net neutrality, as well as a grim scenario if the current draft regulations being considered by the FCC are accepted. Quoting: 'The good news is that the Federal Communications Commission has the power to issue regulations that protect net neutrality. The bad news is that draft regulations written by FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski don't do that at all. They're worse than nothing. That's why Tuesday is such an important day. The FCC will be meeting to discuss those regulations, and we must make sure that its members understand that allowing corporations to control the Internet is simply unacceptable. Although Chairman Genachowski's draft Order has not been made public, early reports make clear that it falls far short of protecting net neutrality.'"

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Re:Al Franken

[falconwolf]

Oh, so now you've redefined the Constitution to make Senators and other elected officials just proxy voters for their constituents?

No, you did. Can you point one place in the Constitution where either "health" or "medicine" appears? No, because neither are there. Because they are not there Franken is taking more than one step beyond the bounds of congressional power, as Thomas Jefferson said. "To take a single step beyond the boundaries thus specifically drawn around the powers of Congress is to take possession of a boundless field of power, no longer susceptible of any definition."

Senators are definitely not sworn to uphold the will of the majority of their constituents,

But they are sworn to defend the Constitution. Specifically their oath is (the relevant part in bold) "I,___ ___ , do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God."

Falcon