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  • TikTok service restored in the US after promises that ban won't be enforced

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    chasm said:
    foregoneconclusion said:
    The Supreme Court already unanimously upheld the legality of the ban.
    I stand corrected. I wonder what the court saw/heard in the case that convinced all of them (even the corrupt ones) to vote the same way.
    There really is no question of what they heard. The government argued it was for “national security” the courts did what they almost always do when it comes “national security” they side with the government. Look at the Patriot Act after 9/11, mass surveillance of US citizens by the NSA, the maintaining of prisoners in Guantánamo Bay as just a few examples.
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  • TikTok has shut itself down in the US ahead of January 19 deadline.

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    While I have never been on Tik Tok myself, this ban is/was an absolute joke. There were members of congress that voted to ban the app that were still posting to Tik Tok after they voted to ban the app. 

    It’s flat out ridiculous that we can only get the geriatric ghoul squad to come together to ban a social media app, but they can’t provide aid to people effected by natural disasters, they can’t protect children from gun violence, they can’t make healthcare affordable, they can’t address housing shortages, hell they can’t even fund the government most of the time. 

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  • iPhone 17 Slim too thin for SIM tray, may not have mmWave

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    Calamander said:

    I hope Apple partners with Starlink and takes all mobile providers out of the picture, now that DTC works - Starlink now has direct to cell mode and can directly use cell phones. 
    Awww yes, let’s hope they switch to another company that oversells and under delivers in performance. Starlink’s performance has gone down measurably since their initial release.
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  • Leak: what law enforcement can unlock with the 'Graykey' iPhone hacking tool

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    mfryd said:

    I think having a basic understanding of the difference between executive orders and the passage of an actual law which you seem to be conflating shows your ignorance in basic civics. ...

    One issue is that many people are worried that the judicial branch (including the Supreme Court) has more loyalty to Trump than they do the country/Constitution.  There have certainly been some recent rulings that are pro-Trump, and contrary to well established historical precedent. 

    Similarly, Trump seems to have that same level of loyalty from the Republican party, which controls the House and Senate.  This combination appears to short circuit the checks and balances that we would get from three branches independent of government.

    …

    Exactly it does not matter if it is an executive order or an actual law the results are the same. It also doesn’t matter if it is judicial political activism from the bench, the results are the same. Especially when the “checks and balances” are more focused on pleasing one person than their traditional roles.
    watto_cobra

  • Leak: what law enforcement can unlock with the 'Graykey' iPhone hacking tool

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    kellie said:
    You don’t understand the political realities of what Trump is challenged with.  Everything you say about how easily he could enact new laws is very ignorant of political realities.  

    Look at how many executive orders Biden issued on day one of his presidency.  Look at the student loan executive orders by Biden that were found to be illegal by the Supreme Court, yet Biden kept issuing new ones. You have a very one sided and incomplete comprehension of what the current administration has done and a very warped perspective of what you think Trump can do.  TDS. 
    I think having a basic understanding of the difference between executive orders and the passage of an actual law which you seem to be conflating shows your ignorance in basic civics.

    To clear things up an executive order is issued by the president to set policy for things within control of the executive branch. An executive order is not a law, it has the “force of law” when there is no existing law or to further clarification of an existing law, because congress did not account for every aspect of the law. A law is something that is passed by both houses of congress and signed into law by the president.

     To use your example of student loan forgiveness the Biden administration first attempted with one pathway, they were sued, and ultimately the Supreme Court decided that portions of the executive order were too broad and exceeded the executive power. There were borrowers that received loan forgiveness. So the Biden administration looked through existing law and found other potential pathways to issue their future orders. This is common practice, there is nothing nefarious about this.

    As for the political realities that an adjudicated sexual assailant, who pals around with dictators, war criminals, pedophiles, sex traffickers, murders, fraudsters, and neo-nazis is in a unique position as an incoming president. Members of his party in the house and senate are publicly threatening other members in their own caucus to push through anything he wants any way possible. He personally nominated 3 Supreme Court justices and has at least 2 other justices that have been wrapped in controversy, and have a history of right wing activism on and off the bench. 

    So his only real “political challenges” are going to be getting out of his own way and actually nominating people that could actually get the GOPs agenda done instead of people that gave him money or stroke his ego.
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