Impact Assessments fail and cost info overload
Wexler 8 (Lesley, Professor of Law – Florida State University and Former Debater – University of Michigan, “Human Rights Impact Assessments: An Immigration Case Study”, Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, 22 Geo. Immigr. L.J. 285, Winter, Lexis)
Optimism about the theorized outcome of review processes should be tempered by the serious criticisms lodged by scholars and advocates. 69Link to the text of the note In their worst incarnations, review processes produce low-value information at a high cost. Information overload can degrade the quality of action or cause paralysis by analysis. Similarly, some review processes emphasize procedure over substance, creating a mere hoop jumping exercise rather than a reasoned decision-making endeavor. In addition, rather than encouraging transparency, technocrats and other experts may quietly infuse their values into the [*295] assessments without disclosing such bias to the public. Finally, the prospective nature of most review processes tends toward massive one-shot information gathering exercises and thus fails to account for changes in dynamic environments.