Example: In 2006, the Fijian military seized power from the elected Parliament. Some time afterward, on instruction from the military dictator, the President abrogated the constitution. During the entire tenure of the military regime, they did not issue a single law. They lacked the constitutional authority to do so. Instead, they issued a number of decrees, because that's what they were: Follow this instruction or get a visit from some very burly men with guns.

During the time between the abrogation of the old constitution and the promulgation of the new one (a period of several years), Fiji was a non-constitutional republic.

Uh... that only means they don't bother with a warrant. They just go and get whatever they like.

Perversely, you're actually better off dealing with these ridiculous, draconian, panopticonian laws, because at least in theory you have some kind of recourse - even if it consists of fighting retroactively to reduce the J. Edgar Hoovering up of your personal data. If you use an offshore email provider, the NSA will just grab whatever it wants, whenever it wants, without even the tiniest fig leaf of law to cover up strategic bits.

Equivocation is no argument. It is an admission of guilt. Thanks for making my point.

The Chinese systematically steal. That is their reputation, richly deserved.

Are there 2 people who have less to offer the tech world than the Winklevi?

ARRRGGGHHHHH!!!

Here I went and ignored the First Rule of Slashdot: Coffee, then comment.

The GOP cavalry arrived just in time, it seems. Bad news for you third world wretches. You will have to change the world from over there.

Or... Watt, as it's commonly known.

Since Obama became president. See the affordable care act subsidies.

It soon won't be, though. But I reckon waiting for this stuff to show up would be kind of a setback for a four-year college degree.

Let's check your world view- can you fathom why folks might be disdainful of social justice warriors?

Bush stopped golfing shortly after 9/11, because he didn't want to appear... well, as Obama does now. Perhaps you mean Clinton?

I am really looking forward to his NCAA tournament bracket. Will he have a pre-Superbowl interview? He is a total jerkoff.

Of course dere is, you stupide fuckin' Englisher!! I spit on your politesse!

À bas la reine! Vive le Quebec libre!

The problem is we in the US don't test a person's character before they are admited. Only identity quotas. We let in friend and foe alike, and their immediate family. The practice is toxic. The west is a Judeo-Christian culture. Those who enter must embrace it. Even the left leaning Angela Merkel has admitted that multiculturalism has failed. To directly answer your question. Yes.