Or try to put a few roadblocks in their way:
>If we had speedier trials, or some committee in Congress that had to validate a new law against the constitution before it came up for a vote, this >wouldn't be happening as much.
Another idea I've been kicking around is a way to peacefully facilitate Jefferson's statement that a revolution is needed every 20 years or so. The idea is to have all legislative laws expire after 20 years. Then each generation gets to make the laws beyond the constitution for themselves. Bad law evaporates instead of hanging around on the books to catch the unwary. But this is a topic for another forum -).
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> Of course they read the constitution. Pardon my cynicism/realism here.
> They know that they can get at least 5 - 10 years of traction out of a law
> like this until someone with deep pockets is finally hurt or motivated
> enough to fight it all the way through the Supreme Court. There, most of
> the DMCA might likely be overturned. Then, they pay a few more lobbyists
> to get another DMCA type law passed and buy another 5 - 10 years, or maybe
> more.
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You are basically complaining that the rich and powerful are rich and powerful. AFAIK, it has been like that in every society that ever was.
At least we have the right to bitch about it....
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