June 19, 2016

Will Speaker Ryan defend the power of the purse?

(Paul Mirengoff) Earlier this month, Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker issued a statement praising a determination by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NITA) that paves the way for completing the privatization of the Internet's domain name system. Such privatization seems like a highly questionable move as a matter of policy, but the overriding issue here isn't internet governance; rather it is Article I of the Constitution. Here's why. NITA, located within

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