[81917] in Cypherpunks
Re: ACLU/EPIC: First Amendment Pledge Campaign
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Burnes)
Mon Jun 16 19:28:21 1997
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 16:07:46 -0600 (MDT)
From: Jim Burnes <jim.burnes@ssds.com>
To: "William H. Geiger III" <whgiii@amaranth.com>
Cc: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>, cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <199706162137.QAA23890@mailhub.amaranth.com>
Reply-To: Jim Burnes <jim.burnes@ssds.com>
On Mon, 16 Jun 1997, William H. Geiger III wrote:
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> In <Pine.GSO.3.95.970616140435.25992G-100000@well.com>, on 06/16/97
> at 02:04 PM, Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com> said:
>
> > JOINT PRESS RELEASE:
> > American Civil Liberties Union
> > Electronic Privacy Information Center
>
> > ACLU, EPIC Call on Congress and Clinton to
> > "Take the First Amendment Pledge"
>
> The sad thing is that we need them to do it a second time. They already
> made this pledge once before, it's called the oath of office.
>
> If the ingore it after the first time why should they honor it a second
> time?
>
Bravo!
Couldn't have said it better myself. What do they do with
presidents who violate their oath of office?
Would anyone notice?
Jim Burnes
