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The Supreme Court Fight Over Microsoft's Foreign Servers Is Over (theverge.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: The much-anticipated Supreme Court case U.S. v. Microsoft -- which could have decided the extent of American jurisdiction over foreign servers -- is now, for all intents and purposes, dead. On March 30th, the Department of Justice moved to drop the lawsuit as moot, and today, Microsoft filed to agree with the motion. While the Supreme Court has yet to officially drop the case, it's a foregone conclusion that they will. Both the government and Microsoft agree that the newly passed CLOUD Act renders the lawsuit meaningless. In U.S. v. Microsoft, federal law enforcement clashed with Microsoft over the validity of a Stored Communications Act warrant for data stored on a server in Dublin. The CLOUD Act creates clear new procedures for procuring legal orders for data in these kinds of cross-border situations. In last week's motion to vacate, DOJ disclosed that it had procured a new warrant under the CLOUD Act.
it still doesn't give you jurisdiction in Ireland dickheads, i doubt Ireland want a foreign government poking around their citizens data, you want the data ? then apply for a warrant to an Irish Judge.
And that's why the USA has fucked-up laws and cannot be called a democracy.
Every country has some fucked up laws. It's merely a question of degree.
If the US is not a democracy then no country is a democracy. (And a republic is just a form of representative democracy so spare us that meme) There is nothing about being a democracy that prevents bad decision or poorly designed legislative procedures.
If the US is not a democracy then no country is a democracy.
That is a load of shit. There are plenty functioning democracies in the world that haven't devolved into a 2 party system, both beheld by corporate interests, and both forcing through unpopular legislation by riding on critical bills of supply.
You're right the title of democracy doesn't prevent something being bad, but the way the USA is passing bills and the way the election process works are two things that are really stretching the definition.