<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><br>Commerce clause has been false interpreted to extend Federal authority.  It was put in place to ensure there were no trade tariffs between states.  Not to regulate commerce as large.<br><br>------------------------<br>
Keith Smith<br><br>--- On <b>Sat, 2/16/13, Kevin Brown <i><kevinbrownbdc@gmail.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Kevin Brown <kevinbrownbdc@gmail.com><br>Subject: Re: OT:  Re: Starting Today, It's Illegal to Unlock Your Cellphone<br>To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org><br>Date: Saturday, February 16, 2013, 2:07 PM<br><br><div class="plainMail">  The FCC exists under the Commerce clause of the US Constitution.<br>> Are cellular phones one of the numerated power of the Federal Government?<br>><br>><br>> ------------------------<br>> Keith Smith<br>><br>> --- On *Sat, 2/16/13, ChasM Marshall /<<a ymailto="mailto:chasm750@hotmail.com" href="/mc/compose?to=chasm750@hotmail.com">chasm750@hotmail.com</a>>/* wrote:<br>><br>><br>>     From: ChasM Marshall <<a
 ymailto="mailto:chasm750@hotmail.com" href="/mc/compose?to=chasm750@hotmail.com">chasm750@hotmail.com</a>><br>>     Subject: RE: OT: Re: Starting Today, It's Illegal to Unlock Your<br>>     Cellphone<br>>     To: "<a ymailto="mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org" href="/mc/compose?to=plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org">plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a>"<br>>     <<a ymailto="mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org" href="/mc/compose?to=plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org">plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a>><br>>     Date: Saturday, February 16, 2013, 1:42 PM<br>><br>>     What am I doing?<br>>     Well, I've NEVER bought a cell phone.  Carriers don't appear to be<br>>     regulated.<br>>     I've waited half my life just to see "Do Not
 Call" enforced at a<br>>     Federal level.<br>><br>>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>>     Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2013 06:02:51 -0700<br>>     To: <a ymailto="mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org" href="/mc/compose?to=plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org">plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a><br>>     From: <a ymailto="mailto:l.tuttle@cox.net" href="/mc/compose?to=l.tuttle@cox.net">l.tuttle@cox.net</a><br>>     Subject: OT: Re: Starting Today, It's Illegal to Unlock Your Cellphone<br>><br>>     Yes, I agree.  The question is, "What are you doing about it?"  An<br>>     inch at a time.....<br>><br>>     At 11:00 AM 1/26/2013, Derek Trotter wrote:<br>><br>>     
    I can't argue Keith.  This is no longer a free country.  It's<br>>         not even a republic.  It's a bureaucracy.  People who are<br>>         unelected and unaccountable to the people are now making the<br>>         laws and changing them anytime they feel like it.<br>><br>>         On 01/26/2013 08:28 AM, keith smith wrote:<br>><br>><br>>             I know some of you do not agree with my limited government<br>>             position, however this is what a run away government<br>>             does.  We pay for our phones with those two year<br>>             contracts.  Our rates would be lower
 if they did not<br>>             "subsidize" our phones.  These phones are our property.<br>><br>>             Hold onto your seat.  This is just an example of how a run<br>>             away government is going to treat it's people.<br>><br>>             This is not freedom, this is bondage.<br>><br>>             Th article says in part:<br>><br>>             The worst-case scenario for an individual or civil offense<br>>             could be as much as a $2,500 fine. As for those planning<br>>             to profit off of the act or a criminal offense -- such as<br>>     
        a cellphone reseller -- the fine could be as high as<br>>             $500,000 and include prison time.<br>><br>>             <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/now-illegal-unlock-cellphone/story?id=18319518" target="_blank">http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/now-illegal-unlock-cellphone/story?id=18319518</a><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>>             ------------------------<br>>             Keith Smith<br>><br>><br>><br>>             ---------------------------------------------------<br>>             PLUG-discuss mailing list -<br>><br>>             <a
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