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Re:The ‘Terms and Conditions’ Reckoning Is Coming by WhyNotHugo on Friday April 20, 2018 @03:02PM (#16887595)
> But not all laws should expire. Having, say, the crime of murder expire would be quite unhelpful.

I'm pretty sure that laws like that one would be renewed before expiration anyway -- and the current context would allow re-evaluation of penalty as well, which might be something useful to reconsider every couple of decades.

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Re:The ‘Terms and Conditions’ Reckoning Is Coming by s73v3r_ on Friday April 20, 2018 @08:08PM (#16889261)
But that renewal provides a hook for legislators to attach all kinds of distasteful things to it.
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Re:The ‘Terms and Conditions’ Reckoning Is Coming by jkaplowitz on Friday April 20, 2018 @05:18PM (#16888506)
It would be an excuse for political and legislative brinkmanship on a schedule. They can always make changes to the details without a clock adding artificial urgency. It's clear it's the kind of law we want on the books, and to have a penalty on the books, indefinitely. Unlike, say, the chicken tax.
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