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I miss the days when Congress passed laws rather than delegating decision making to agencies that get to change rules on whim.

crazygringo 3y ago
Most stuff is best done by agencies staffed by experts that are set up by Congress in the first place -- not by Congress full of non-experts micromanaging things. Congressional lawmaking is for the big-picture, long-term stuff. Agencies are supposed to have the ability to set rules as needed and respond quickly. This is a feature, not a bug. And if Congress starts to see a pattern of a particular agency going way too far in some direction, then it can pass a law to further clarify the scope/limits of that agency whenever it wants. Congress hasn't given up any of its power. If it's not doing that, it's because it doesn't want to.
- macinjosh 3y ago
  I disagree. Ask a panel of expert JS developers how something should be done and you'll get as many opinions as their are seats on the panel. In regulation it's the same but the decisions affect human lives and businesses that employ people. Experts aren't unbiased either. It is nice when the experts you like are in power but what happens when someone else comes in?
  - crazygringo 3y ago
    So to continue the analogy, you'd rather have the board of the company, consisting of MBA CEO's, making decisions about a company's JavaScript standards? Experts may disagree, but it's still a whole lot better than non-experts disagreeing.
sigspec 3y ago
You mean delegating a task to people whose actual JOB is to complete that task? You'd rather this be decided by a failed football coach?
- ixwt 3y ago
  As funny as your comment is, I believe you're both correct. If we actually had a functioning Congress, and not the clown circus we currently do, they could actually be getting things done. But the people that actually understand these problems aren't normally morally bankrupt enough to make it into Congress.
enragedcacti 3y ago
This ruling is the direct outcome of congress passing a law to accomplish exactly this. You could contest the scope or specificity but this is about as far from changing rules on a whim as it could possibly get.
Analemma_ 3y ago
I don't. I want decision-making delegated to professionals with lifelong expertise in that topic, not the troop of howler monkeys that is Congress. Did you hear that now they're kidney-punching each other and then going "NUH-UH! I didn't touch him!" like four-year-olds [0]? That's who you want to be making life-or-death decisions on e.g. how far apart to space landing aircraft? Get real. [0]: https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2023/11/14/congress/mccarthy-and-burchett-get-physical-00127043 https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2023/11/14/congress/mc...
- golemotron 3y ago
  If the FCC is staffed with discrimination experts we have a serious problem.

crazygringo 3y ago

Most stuff is best done by agencies staffed by experts that are set up by Congress in the first place -- not by Congress full of non-experts micromanaging things. Congressional lawmaking is for the big-picture, long-term stuff. Agencies are supposed to have the ability to set rules as needed and respond quickly. This is a feature, not a bug. And if Congress starts to see a pattern of a particular agency going way too far in some direction, then it can pass a law to further clarify the scope/limits of that agency whenever it wants. Congress hasn't given up any of its power. If it's not doing that, it's because it doesn't want to.

macinjosh 3y ago
I disagree. Ask a panel of expert JS developers how something should be done and you'll get as many opinions as their are seats on the panel. In regulation it's the same but the decisions affect human lives and businesses that employ people. Experts aren't unbiased either. It is nice when the experts you like are in power but what happens when someone else comes in?
- crazygringo 3y ago
  So to continue the analogy, you'd rather have the board of the company, consisting of MBA CEO's, making decisions about a company's JavaScript standards? Experts may disagree, but it's still a whole lot better than non-experts disagreeing.

sigspec 3y ago

You mean delegating a task to people whose actual JOB is to complete that task? You'd rather this be decided by a failed football coach?

ixwt 3y ago
As funny as your comment is, I believe you're both correct. If we actually had a functioning Congress, and not the clown circus we currently do, they could actually be getting things done. But the people that actually understand these problems aren't normally morally bankrupt enough to make it into Congress.

enragedcacti 3y ago

This ruling is the direct outcome of congress passing a law to accomplish exactly this. You could contest the scope or specificity but this is about as far from changing rules on a whim as it could possibly get.

Analemma_ 3y ago

I don't. I want decision-making delegated to professionals with lifelong expertise in that topic, not the troop of howler monkeys that is Congress. Did you hear that now they're kidney-punching each other and then going "NUH-UH! I didn't touch him!" like four-year-olds [0]? That's who you want to be making life-or-death decisions on e.g. how far apart to space landing aircraft? Get real. [0]: https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2023/11/14/congress/mccarthy-and-burchett-get-physical-00127043 https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2023/11/14/congress/mc...

golemotron 3y ago
If the FCC is staffed with discrimination experts we have a serious problem.