Congress Shouldn’t Lend Backdoor Legitimacy to the FCC’s Illegitimate Power Grabs

Big Government ^ | August 2nd | Seton Motley

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Which brings us to the FCC’s next opportunity to illegally create law under the guise of “conditions” – the spectrum bandwidth auctions.

Quick definition: Spectrum is the allocated airwaves. Used by broadcast radio and television (not cable TV), satellite radio and TV, cell phones – and even Bluetooth headsets, garage door openers and car key fobs

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And we’re running out of free-for-use spectrum.

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So we need Congressional legislation to create the next round of spectrum bandwidth auctions.

(Which is further fomenting a great and growing prospective battle between the radio and TV broadcasters – who have spectrum aplenty, but who aren’t using all of it optimally or at all – and the phone companies – who will be needing the eternal More. But there’s much more to this, so let’s not go there – here. At least for now.)

The absolute last thing we need is the Congress inadvertently – or deliberately – back-dooring the FCC any sort of legislative “conditions” imprimatur via the spectrum auction law.

Meaning: Don’t write a spectrum bill that even intimates the FCC has this far-reaching, seemingly limitless “conditions” authority – which they’ve illegitimately claimed on mergers – on these auctions.

Meaning: Don’t cram the spectrum auction law with a whole host of Leftist ideological claptrap “conditions” – to which purchasers have to adhere. If you do it, the FCC will think they can go hog wild. Or – hog wilder.

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The FCC already screwed us over on Net Neutrality, and they abused their power in the comcast/nbc merger.

Let's keep an eye on these tyrants.