Re: Well...
Sure the US exports guns, but that export is strictly regulated. There's nothing incongruous about using export regulations against someone who exports guns without jumping through the hoops. That's what the regs are for.
The questionable bit is where it characterises "posting blueprints online" as equivalent to "export". That's the bit that should probably be argued through in a court.
The executive branch is limited in how it changes policy. It can be challenged if the changes are "arbitrary" or "capricious". There's been a lot of argument over the years about how you decide whether a change is either of those things, and there's a lot of things the court can take into account in making that decision. One thing is "did they announce the change in advance and allow for a reasonable discussion period before it took effect?" Another is "were people who made business decisions on the basis of the previous policy given adequate consideration and/or warning of the change?"
Biting the hand that feeds IT
