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These corporations bake those fines into "the cost of doing business." Fines aren't effective on their own. Also, we need experts to be the ones who determine where the line is, before we can even talk about consequences for crossing it.
This country would descend into chaos within days if we didn't have people who are career experts in their respective fields working in regulatory agencies.
No fucking shot should those people need to be elected, that's absurd. We need people who have studied that shit and have an intimate knowledge of the subject matter informing our laws, not Joe Shmo that won a popularity contest because "he's the kind of guy they'd like to have a beer with." Even if they have the best intentions, it's impossible to be an expert in everything.
Also, the heads of those agencies are politically appointed positions, and at least on a state level, they often turnover with each new administration. So it's not completely disconnected from people who are elected.
Edit: dumb fuck libertarians ruining this country.
The issue is that these agencies can have their heads appointed as a way of politically weaponizing them.
For example appointing a new FBI head who would lead to a new ruling that unborn fetuses are people who would be protected by homicide laws.
This skirts the legislative process to establish new laws. And aside from waiting until the next election the only recourse is commenting on the mater during a comment period.
That's not how the FBI works. They enforce the laws passed by the legislative branch.
And federal agencies interpret the laws under Chevron. They can redefine previously accepted interpretations to regulate new conduct.
Here's a link to the federal register where you can comment on proposed reinterpretations of the suggested by the FBI.
https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-bureau-of-investigation
I know this isn’t the main point of this conversation but the idea that the FBI follows or has at any point since it’s inception followed the law in any meaningful sense is frankly hilarious.
The FBI does whatever the hell it wants.