The legal theory is the delegation of powers. Congress delegated the power to write legislation within a certain scope, breadth, and depth, to the executive branch of government, authorizing it to set up an agency to manage same.
Congress has the right to delegate its power to legislate to other branches of government. It is unfortunate, but we are learning now that it has delegated pretty much all of its power.
Well that's how democracy dies, isn't it? To the sound of thunderous applause?
This isn't legislation. It is executive decree.
"Fully autonomous weapons are not unambiguously bad. They can reduce burdens on soldiers. Already, military robots are saving many service members' lives, for example by neutralizing improvised explosive devices in Afghanistan and Iraq."
A robot that neutralizes an IED is not a "fully autonomous weapon."
The governments will simply say "come and take it, if you can."
Pretty much all of them - certainly the US government and all members of the IPCC.
I can't wait for my postcard-check in the mail for $0.21 explaining how the lawfirm got $34,500,000 of the $35,000,000 settlement and the remaining $500,000 gets divided among all GTX970 owners.
And how much money has been accepted from governments by so-called scientists pushing the pro-ACC agenda on behalf of those governments?
Conflict of interest is a two-way street.
"anti-cancer researchers at Harvard, discovered that the JQ1 molecule blocked a bromodomain in cancer cells, causing them to forget how to be cancer."
"Researchers are looking for a version of the molecule that works on the testicle protein only, to avoid any weird side effects."
Umm... can I please have the side-effects, if the side effects are, you know, NOT GETTING CANCER?
A morsel of genuine history is a thing so rare as to be always valuable. -- Thomas Jefferson
