/r/50501 Mirror

I just read it and it's fucked up but also not as immediate or complete as the headline makes it sound.

Basically all regulations will be required to have expiration dates. They can be extended but I think it said they would need to be reexamined every year and allow for public comment.

It's a big labor burden. There is some part of this that is a good idea, but it all depends on how it is implemented by the regulating agencies, and if it ends up being overly burdensome

Edit: the part that is a good idea is the idea of requiring periodic review of laws and regulations. This is not a good faith effort to do that, but that's what I meant. A more reasonable timeframe is every 10 to 20 years. Think about the old laws and regulations related to sex that are still on the books in many states.

Guess they’re not going to mind all this salt being thrown on their golf course then.

Here's the thing that really scares me. The laws are still on the books and will likely remain so, but this signals to all of the companies who hate these laws that they're not going to be enforced for at least four years. So, they can go nuts for the next four years because DOJ won't enforce shit, even if SCOTUS tells Trump he's a bad boy.

"...This order directs certain agencies to incorporate a sunset provision into their regulations governing energy production to the extent permitted by law, thus compelling those agencies to reexamine their regulations periodically to ensure that those rules serve the public good..."

"Sec. 4. Zero-Based Regulating. (a) To the extent consistent with applicable law, each of the Covered Agencies shall issue a sunset rule, effective not later than September 30, 2025, that inserts a Conditional Sunset Date into each of their Covered Regulations. (b) The sunset rule shall provide that each Covered Regulation in effect on the date of this order shall have a Conditional Sunset Date of 1 year after the effective date of the sunset rule..."