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b_b  ·  2539 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The FCC just killed net neutrality

I'm not talking about how a bill becomes law; I'm talking about the functional role that rule and regulation making has taken over from actual legislation. Congress has collectively decided over the last several decades that they would rather delegate to the Executive branch than make hard choices. The FCC shouldn't be making choices about neutrality. Congress should. Three same can be said for all sorts of ways in which our lives are regulated. Citizens have close to no recourse for challenging regulations given the nature or Chevron deference. Our only recourse for challenging most law is via elections, and the FCC (and the whole alphabet soup) is only marginally responsive to election cycles. When Congress doesn't make choices, neither can we.