alt Hacker NewsIt’s not obvious that the government should have to power to overwrite this, the US constitution was written as a collection of negative rights exactly to rein in government dictatorial impulses.
And now that we see the government blatantly disrespecting the constitution and the rule of law the civil community must react.
> It’s not obvious that the government should have to power to overwrite this
The government shouldn’t be able to set the terms of its contracts with private companies and walk away if those terms aren’t acceptable? That seems like a stretch.
The constitution is a wildly different premise from government contracting with private companies.