Posted on 09/30/2016 4:15:03 PM PDT by Freedom56v2
Attorney General Ken Paxton on Friday lost his last-minute bid for a court injunction to prevent the federal government from transferring its oversight of internet registrations to an international body.
Hours before the transition was set to take effect, a federal judge in Galveston ruled against Paxton and three other state attorneys general who had asked him to temporarily halt the transfer while they pursue a lawsuit challenging it. The four sued the federal government late Wednesday after Republicans in Congress, led by U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, failed to halt the transfer.
At midnight Friday, the United States is set to cede control of the internet's domain system — essentially its address book — to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. Critics say the move could open up the internet to censorship by unfriendly countries, while administration officials and many tech industry heavyweights say such concerns are misinformed.
Among other things, Paxton's lawsuit argues the move violates the property clause of the U.S. Constitution by giving away government property without congressional authorization. In a response to the lawsuit earlier Friday, the federal government criticized it as a last-ditch effort to stop something that has been years in the making — with everyone involved "fully aware" of it.
The ruling by Judge George C. Hanks Jr. came after a hearing in Galveston that lasted more than an hour. His reasoning was not immediately known.
Time’s up...
Now the free markets go to work to circumvent ICANN and cheat them out of their prize.
Horse head in bed syndrome I'd wager.
That sentence stuck out to me....perhaps a payoff by someone
Please ping me when that happens.
The judge was nominated by Barack Obama on January 7, 2015. They will side with the left 100% of the time.
Make an alternate...maybe an intranet.
At least we lost fair and square. /s
Ping
Kind of figured it would be an Obama judge...
Can this be appealed?
Do it!!
Meanwhile....any ham radio operators out there :)
Republicans in Congress, led by U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, failed to halt the transfer.
Another demonnstration of why republicans in Washington are rated lower than whale s**t poop
It’s gone as of midnight.
And if Obama had a brother living in Galveston.
That's when the fun really begins.
As the Globalization Forces try to control the world, the world (and its rebel forces in tech) will rise up to set the world free.
It ain't about the money...it's about the challenge.
The techies are naive because they are young, but they are rebellious and dislike being controlled.
And why do you think I posted as my first post, out of time....
Paxton went to a judge nominated by Obama. That means Paxton wasn’t serious and it was Kabuki. Paxton is establishment. He can hang, too.
This whole lack of effort was too little too late. The Coup has happened.
That is what will happen.
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