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Sure, defence contractors could do that, but suing your customers isn't such a great idea. These climate policies are not merely goals. They are laws, and the
by ectopod 5y ago
Sure, defence contractors could do that, but suing your customers isn't such a great idea.
These climate policies are not merely goals. They are laws, and they remain in force until they are repealed. It doesn't matter what kind of law they are. Do you believe that all non-constitutional law is automatically repealed when a new government takes over?
- pyuser583 5y agoThe law can’t bind a future legislature to act. Whether it is repealed when a new government takes over is neither here nor there. Binding future legislature takes power away from the future and gives it to the present. This is a great example -previously a legislature could change climate laws depending on the level of political support. Now, they must enact climate laws or repeal another law. That sounds fine first - but, what happens when they don’t have enough support to meet the goal, but also not enough support to repeal the goal? That’s exactly this situation. Legislatures have the right to act. When the legislature chooses not to act, they are drawing on the same authority as when they act. Other countries probably do things in different ways. In open to hearing why some systems allow legislators bind future legislatures, and how it relates to the overall system of government.
- ectopod 5y agoI don't think that a law that can be repealed is binding the legislature. You think it is. We will have to agree to differ. Edited to add: for all I know, in the legal traditions of our respective countries we may both be right.