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Re: So, what crypto legislation (if any) is necessary?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rich Burroughs)
Tue Mar 26 13:46:08 1996

From: "Rich Burroughs" <richieb@teleport.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 09:46:15 +0000

 tcmay@got.net (Timothy C. May) wrote:

[snip]
> Jim's argument (?) could be turned in all sorts of ways: "Your Honor, there
> is nothing I can find in the Constitution that says I can't drive on the
> left side of the road at 125 miles per hour." Indeed, there is nothing
> laying out detailed traffic laws. And so on.
[snip]

Or a right to privacy, for that matter.  It's not stated anywhere explicictly 
in the Bill of Rights -- the courts have patched together a legal framework for 
it.


Rich

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