# Government Lawsuits: Usurpation of Power and Subversion of Representative Govt

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/government-lawsuits-usurpation-of-power-and-subversion-of-representative-govt/38424>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [October 26, 2000, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/government-lawsuits-usurpation-of-power-and-subversion-of-representative-govt/38424 "2000-10-26T14:52:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![merckx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b77776/32.png) [@merckx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/merckx)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2000, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/government-lawsuits-usurpation-of-power-and-subversion-of-representative-govt/38424/21 "2000-10-30T17:39:17Z")

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Damn. Some very observant folks may notice a repeated post. That is because I submitted a post, didn’t get the usual feedback, and submitted it again. Now the site wont let me delete the redundant post, even though I am logged in and I am the author. Anyone else having these types of problems?

And, BTW, I am no computer boob. I’ve been a programmer for more than 20 years.

merckx

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**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2000, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/government-lawsuits-usurpation-of-power-and-subversion-of-representative-govt/38424/22 "2000-10-30T19:45:27Z")

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**merckx** , the administrators have disabled the “edit/delete post” option. I recommend you pose questions about this sort of thing in the [About This Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?forumid=2) forum, or email a mod/admin (click on one of the links at the top of each forum where it lists the moderator(s) for the forum).

Don’t worry about the double posts; they’re to be avoided of course, but they’re not infrequent. Typically, if you’ve hit the Submit Reply button, your post will go through.

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