[9238] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: US Constituion and Treaties
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Theodore C. Belding)
Fri Dec 24 17:09:22 1993
From: "Theodore C. Belding" <streak@engin.umich.edu>
To: rob horn <horn%temerity@leia.polaroid.com>
Cc: com-priv@psi.com, streak@engin.umich.edu
In-Reply-To: Your message of 24 Dec 1993 10:25:16 EST
Date: Fri, 24 Dec 1993 17:07:33 +0000
In message <9312241545.AA01601@psi.com>, rob horn writes:
> In the context of com-priv discussions around free speech this means that
> no treaty can be used to reduce free speech within the US.
True -- unless the Constitution were changed. This is unlikely in the US,
but it's come up over and over in regards to European unification. Anyone
interested in this topic should check out what's been happening in the
European Union (formerly EC) over the past few years, esp. in regards to
the Maastricht Treaty.
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