Comments on: How the FTC Process Works http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/2009/10/19/how-the-ftc-process-works/ Firearms Policy and Politics in Pennsylvania Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:33:31 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Spook http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/2009/10/19/how-the-ftc-process-works/#comment-51596 Spook Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:05:57 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=13656#comment-51596 Nex ut Tyrannus! The hogs are hungry! All Freedom lovers read, "Unintended Consequences" by John Ross Nex ut Tyrannus!

The hogs are hungry!

All Freedom lovers read, “Unintended Consequences” by John Ross

]]> By: Sebastian http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/2009/10/19/how-the-ftc-process-works/#comment-51567 Sebastian Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:41:01 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=13656#comment-51567 Thanks for the insightful comment. I'm not sure I feel better about the FTC knowing it's part of Wilsonian Progressivism though :) But I appreciate the insight from someone who is familiar with these matters. Thanks for the insightful comment. I’m not sure I feel better about the FTC knowing it’s part of Wilsonian Progressivism though :) But I appreciate the insight from someone who is familiar with these matters.

]]> By: S.M. Oliva http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/2009/10/19/how-the-ftc-process-works/#comment-51565 S.M. Oliva Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:32:39 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=13656#comment-51565 "You can appeal from the FTC commission to the US Court of Appeals, then to the Supreme Court, but that much lawyering isn’t exactly cheap..." It's also not timely. Since the FTC has total control over its internal (pre-court of appeals) process, it can drag a case out for years before you even have the ability to seek redress in a real court. I was personally involved with one FTC case where the FTC took nearly two years to hear an appeal from an administrative law judge who'd ruled against the Commission. The final decision -- against the defendant, of course -- was ludicrous in its reasoning. The court of appeals overturned it, but it took another 1 1/2 years on top of the 2 years of internal FTC appeals and another year and-a-half before that for the original trial before the administrative law judge. BTW -- and this is a minor nit -- the FTC isn't quite a New Deal relic. It was actually created in 1917 as part of Wilsonian "Progressivism." “You can appeal from the FTC commission to the US Court of Appeals, then to the Supreme Court, but that much lawyering isn’t exactly cheap…”

It’s also not timely. Since the FTC has total control over its internal (pre-court of appeals) process, it can drag a case out for years before you even have the ability to seek redress in a real court. I was personally involved with one FTC case where the FTC took nearly two years to hear an appeal from an administrative law judge who’d ruled against the Commission. The final decision — against the defendant, of course — was ludicrous in its reasoning. The court of appeals overturned it, but it took another 1 1/2 years on top of the 2 years of internal FTC appeals and another year and-a-half before that for the original trial before the administrative law judge.

BTW — and this is a minor nit — the FTC isn’t quite a New Deal relic. It was actually created in 1917 as part of Wilsonian “Progressivism.”

]]> By: Linoge http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/2009/10/19/how-the-ftc-process-works/#comment-51558 Linoge Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:12:35 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=13656#comment-51558 My first real political awakening occurred when I realized that the concept of "checks and balances" - something so key to the American government - effectively does not apply to the subsidiary organizations of the branches of government. Sure, on paper it does, but as you said, the costs involved in exercising that concept are often out of the reach of average citizens. We can only hope some enthusiastic (read: 'pro bono') lawyers might be kicking around when one of us invariably gets the package in the mail... My first real political awakening occurred when I realized that the concept of “checks and balances” – something so key to the American government – effectively does not apply to the subsidiary organizations of the branches of government. Sure, on paper it does, but as you said, the costs involved in exercising that concept are often out of the reach of average citizens.

We can only hope some enthusiastic (read: ‘pro bono’) lawyers might be kicking around when one of us invariably gets the package in the mail…

]]> By: FatWhiteMan http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/2009/10/19/how-the-ftc-process-works/#comment-51536 FatWhiteMan Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:48:59 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=13656#comment-51536 Well, i tried to be cute and strike the last part of the sentence out but apparently the html doesn't work. Well, i tried to be cute and strike the last part of the sentence out but apparently the html doesn’t work.

]]> By: FatWhiteMan http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/2009/10/19/how-the-ftc-process-works/#comment-51535 FatWhiteMan Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:47:52 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=13656#comment-51535 Sebastian said: "Congress should eliminate the Federal Trade Commission and replace it with an agency it retains more control over. " I fixed you sentence for you. Just trying to help. Congress should eliminate the Federal Trade Commission and replace it with an agency it retains more control over. Sebastian said: “Congress should eliminate the Federal Trade Commission and replace it with an agency it retains more control over. ”

I fixed you sentence for you. Just trying to help.

Congress should eliminate the Federal Trade Commission and replace it with an agency it retains more control over.

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