Oh yeah, you’re right. I meant the FCC, just got a little confused there, but I know that these are separate bodies. But still, just 5 people in charge of it? Seems kinda strange to me.
Comment on FCC restores net neutrality rules that ban blocking and throttling in 3-2 vote
Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 6 months agoThis is the FCC = Federal Communications Commission. I don’t know the origins but as long as I’ve been aware they’ve been a 5-member panel; 3 commissioners from the president’s party and 2 from the opposing party. They’re supported by hundreds of staff members.
FTC = Federal Trade Commission, a completely separate body. They recently made headlines for banning non-compete agreements.
Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 6 months ago
It’s intentionally an odd number so votes don’t end in ties. And it’s a small number because nominations can take a long time due to political BS.
intensely_human@lemm.ee 6 months ago
So this thing’s structure is hard coded to fit into a two party system?
Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Sort of? I’m sure Congress could change it. They likely won’t because their members are almost entirely from the two major parties. But IIRC there was talk of it when Republicans blocked the nomination of Gigi Sohn for months.