Given everything going on in this country, I don't think a silly law from 1944 is going to deter the current administration from trying.

> X cannot do it, because there is actually a law against Y

Famous last words.

I'm more than shocked that people STILL haven't learned how quickly laws came become meaningless. Which is why history keeps repeating itself.

If fascist government goons break into your house to kill you, do you think waving a piece of paper with the law in their face will stop them? Isn't that the whole point the found fathers made the Second Amendment? Even they knew this 300 years ago. Have people already forgotten?

Does it really matter what is illegal if it is pardoned?

Starting insurrection to overthrow election? Pardoned. Killing police officer? Pardoned. Ordering contract killings? Pardoned. Large scale drug smuggling operation to the US? Pardoned.

Brand anyone who follows the law as a criminal and make sure to have them fired, and you can even ignore the constition that says power to regulate trade lies with the senate and enough of civil society might just decide to play along.

The US also are by law not allowed to start a war without the approval of Congress, right? But they did anyway in Venezuela.

> The USA cannot do it, because there is actually a law against cutting off communications systems dating back to 1944. Of course there have been attempts to make it possible.

The link you provided says:

In 1942, during World War II, Congress created a law to grant President Franklin D. Roosevelt or his successors the power to temporarily shut down any potentially vulnerable technological communications technologies.

The Unplug the Internet Kill Switch Act would reverse the 1942 law and prevent the president from shutting down any communications technology during wartime, including the internet.

The House version was introduced on September 22 as bill number H.R. 8336, by Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI2). The Senate version was introduced the same day as bill number S. 4646, by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY).

The bill did not pass and did not become law. So what are you referring to?

Even if your optimism had some basis in reality, about 12 guys with $5 serrated pocket knives bought on aliexpress could knock out 80% of communications in under an hour. Fiber optic strands are alarmingly tiny, and wrapped in day-glo orange plastic tubing making them intentionally easy to find.

For whatever reason it's taboo to talk about how fragile infrastructure is, but if you wanted to shut something like comm links down, that's a problem for whoever installs the new judiciary. Chances are, whoever gets the job of being the new judiciary is likely to rule it as acceptable use of emergency powers.

Laws are just words, not real barriers as this and previous administrations proved.

In fact, it's likely that you can turn off the internet, and then, after some time, a judge will rule on the topic.

Laws in the era of lawlessness. Laws never really stopped all crimes anyways.

I don't think it's technically feasible to blackout the US but if it came to that no law would stand in the way of the attempt.

I'm sure there is at least one security-claiming act that can be used to override that sentence

>cannot do it, because there is actually a law

Oh sweet summer child.

> The USA cannot do it, because there is actually a law

Good one, buddy. That's a good one.