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Re:DOJ unveils proposed Section 230 legislation by gwright on Thursday September 24, 2020 @05:16PM (#24583764)
It seems completely infeasible to me to think that Congress and its staff is capable of drafting reasonable legislation without considerable input from the executive agencies.

I understand the general conflict of interest you are concerned about but that is why there are separate branches. The executive branch can only propose and/or respond to inquiries, they can't actually introduce legislation.

(I'm just going to ignore the rabbit hole of regulatory contruction here as that is another can of worms)

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Re:DOJ unveils proposed Section 230 legislation by ashtonkem on Thursday September 24, 2020 @08:03PM (#24585109)
Congress is free to consult various other branches, but that is substantively different from the DOJ proposing legislation. Congress should be in the drivers seat, imho.

And yeah, the devolution of quasi-legislative ability to regulatory bodies is a serious ball of wax that I haven’t managed to formulate a coherent solution to.

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