1996-09-23 - Re: Bernstein hearing: The Press Release

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From: Jim McCoy <mccoy@communities.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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From: Jim McCoy <mccoy@communities.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 18:35:47 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Bernstein hearing: The Press Release
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Brian Davis <bdavis@thepoint.net>
[...]
>Constitutional literalists take note:  the First Amendment says nothing
>about what the executive branch or the states can do ....

The states are prohibited through the 14th Amendment via the
Slaughterhouse cases, the ability of the executive branch to
violate due process is questionable (from a legal viewpoint, not
a practical one...the President cannot order you placed in jail
unless you have broken a law which requires congress to have
made the law in the first place...)

jim







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