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Originally Posted by sinclair
I am constantly amazed at attorneys and how they brilliantly unravel the brilliantly raveled.
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Most legal action of this nature is just looking for the one loose thread and pulling until the entire thing falls apart. With all of the (often conflicting) federal rules about the workplace and business, it is actually pretty hard to craft legislation these days that is perfect.
Nation-x: Why didn't this come up before? In part I would suspect that this is one of the ideas kept handy for the point where the law would come in force. Rather than use up the first amendment arguments right away, it is easier and actually much more expedient at this point of catch the feds on their own requirements, which often have long review and study provisions in them. If the feds want to prove that this sudden increase in paperwork (which won't save a single child from being in porn) isn't going to be a large financial burden on companies or force some companies to go out of buisness, then they may need to make that study.
It is playing the game by their rules. It is also something that a federal judge would like act on pretty quickly, enjoining enforcement of the rules, etc.
It's a good move, a very simple first line of legal defence against the issue at hand.