[SBE] Proposed Analog Shutoff Extention

[Gary Liebisch]

Forget about 'suing' Congress!  The first thing any law student learns on
day 1 of law school is that you can't sue the government UNLESS they give
you PERMISSION to sue them. Othewise, they'd be fending off lawsuits BY THE
MINUTE!!

My hunch is that when the Obama administration thinks about it some more
they won't push it, because they clearly have bigger fish to fry.  Do they
really want to take the heat in the first 30 days of the NEW administration
of creating mass confusion on an issue that was set to extinguish itself
anyway?

Gary Liebisch

-----Original Message-----
From: sbe-bounces at sbe.org [mailto:sbe-bounces at sbe.org] On Behalf Of
McGlothen, Darryl
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 1:29 PM
To: curt at spam-o-matic.net; sbe member discussion mail list
Subject: Re: [SBE] Proposed Analog Shutoff Extention


Is not Congress liable to the same 'laws'? Ultimately, the people are
responsible for what Congress does. YOU voted them in there; if you don't
like what they are doing, vote them out! Broadcasters have access to the
widest known 'grassroots' cross-section of voters in the world. I'd call
that 'leveredge'!

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members employer or any organization with which he/she may be affiliated. 

Darryl


> -----Original Message-----

> From: sbe-bounces at sbe.org [mailto:sbe-bounces at sbe.org] On

> Behalf Of Cowboy

> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 5:33 AM

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> Subject: Re: [SBE] Proposed Analog Shutoff Extention

> 

> On Tuesday 13 January 2009 05:52 am, Edwin Bukont wrote:

> 

> >  Has anyone, its beyond my legal resources, looked at the

> possiblity

> > of suing Congress for a breach of contract?

> 

>  Interesting concept.

>  I'm not sure, though, since congress passes "laws" and not

> contracts, so it's "legal" by definition, and not really  a 

> breach of contract, though the breach of trust is obvious.

> 

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