The lawmakers point out that the Constitution says "Congress has the exclusive power..."
President Obama’s plan to “internationalize” the Internet may be unconstitutional, key members of Congress are claiming.
The group of lawmakers sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office last week, saying the plan to relinquish oversight of Internet domain name functions to a global, multi-stakeholder body raised questions about the administration’s “authority to transfer possession and control of critical components of the Internet’s infrastructure to a third party.”
The letter was signed by the chairmen of both congressional judiciary committees, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va; presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. Issa is also a former chairman of the House Oversight Committee.
The lawmakers point out that the Constitution says “Congress has the exclusive power ‘to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States.'”
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Probably is unconstitutional. Obama will do it anyway.
ReplyDeleteObama is Unconstitutional.
ReplyDeleteWhat does he hope to accomplish?
ReplyDeleteThe technology should have been made available only when the architecture was structured to preserve national security. Now our enemies use our technology against us. They can't invent their own, so they take ours and use it for terror and destruction.
If there is nothing specifically in it for us, we don't need to be making any international policy changes regarding technology or anything else.
Meddling, narcissistic fool. Can't wait until he is out of office.
I think that a series of hearings should be scheduled. Maybe 25 to 30 hearings to get started. Let it be brought to the floor for a vote. Naturally, after four filibusters, and some compromise in the negotiations. You know, normal stuff.
ReplyDeleteSo what? Nobody will do a thing to stop him.
ReplyDelete$20 says Obama has, at some point, offered to turn over our nuclear codes to Saudi Arabia, to, you know, show them we are really just a part of the big international friendship coalition.
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