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Interesting Supreme Court decision on Brady Bill at http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/95-1478.ZS.html

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Stewart)
Fri Jun 27 16:33:27 1997

Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 12:19:24 -0700
From: Bill Stewart <billstewart@att.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Reply-To: Bill Stewart <billstewart@att.com>

http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/95-1478.ZS.html
A messy 5-4 decision, with two concurrences and three dissents.

Overturns the part of the Brady Bill that forces local officials
to perform some of the administrative functions.
Lots of complex commentary.


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