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In reply to the discussion: White House office to delete its FOIA regulations [View all]onenote
(42,845 posts)By the way, it's not a question of the removal of the rules as being "legal" or "illegal." Its simply carrying out the dictates of a court. Leaving the rules in place would not change their legal status, not made it possible for anyone to invoke them, not done a damn thing. So while there was no legal obligation on the administration to remove the unenforceable rule from the books nor was there anything illegal about leaving it on the books, why not conform the code of regulations to the actual state of the law? The CFR should have been updated years ago after the court ruled. But the fact that rules stay on the books long after they have been found to be unconstitutional, or contrary to a statute or otherwise unenforceable is not that unusual. Government moves at a snail's pace. Frankly, making sure that the printed laws and regulations of this country are up to date and don't include provisions that only serve to mislead people into thinking that a particular provision is valid is indeed the "right" thing.