[BC] FCC Politics

[Cowboy]

On Thursday 24 July 2014 12:12:26 pm Len Watson wrote:
> To me, if the FCC were non-political, there would not be "R" or "D" appointees.
> 

 Commissioners are appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate,
 as such, all of them being political animals, and nearly all of them being lawyers,
 how can it *not* be political ?
 One can hardly expect appointment of anyone with opposing political views,
 except for that pesky Title I section 4(b)(5)
 Even so, there is no requirement that any appointee be a member of any
 particular party !
 So, in an ideal world, it's possible that a commissioner would not have
 either an R or a D after his or her name, although the likelihood is small.

 Interesting that Congress had the wisdom to define a quorum as the
 same number as may be the majority, of one political party.
 I assume to rail-road through purely political moves. ( but of course,
 I could be wrong ) (( but I'm not ))

 I guess it's theoretically possible for a Republican president to appoint
 commissioners such that there could be three Republicans and
 two Libertarians, thereby gaining a defacto single party Commission,
 but I doubt the lawyers in the Senate would allow that. 

-- 
Cowboy