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Why would Congress do either of those things? Isn't it the judicial system working as intended?

• __jal 8y ago
  > Isn't it the judicial system working as intended? If you're a large firm who makes money by gossiping about people, you might be very concerned about it working as intended. They've successfully lobbied for an exception to libel law so you can't sue them for telling lies about you; buying a congressional pass as proof against this sort of responsibility is hardly a stretch.
• URSpider94 8y ago
  When the judicial system begins working too efficiently is exactly when the legislative branch often steps in. Think "tort reform" (make it harder for people to sue companies), the legislative immunity for gun manufacturers that immunizes them against product liability, and on the other side of the scale in my mind, the legal prohibition against suing vaccine manufacturers for side effects except through a special "vaccine court". The legislative branch acts like the game designer of a MMORPG - they are constantly looking at the balance of power and nerfing/buffing as they see fit - and often with what we might consider a distorted sense of "fairness".