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Re: Bill of rights, Second Amendment?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School )
Tue Nov 11 14:30:40 1997
Date: Sun, 9 Nov 1997 23:03:35 -0500 (EST)
From: "Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law" <froomkin@law.miami.edu>
Reply-To: "Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law" <froomkin@law.miami.edu>
To: Nilsphone@aol.com
cc: cryptography@c2.net
In-Reply-To: <971109133851_784802807@mrin44.mail.aol.com>
[I didn't forward the original message but the reply is interesting
enough that I'm forwarding it. -- Perry]
[Original message asked whether 2nd Am. protects crypto]
No. The Second Amendent argument that crypto-is-a-munitions is a
sure loser.
For longer-winded discussions of the bill of rights and crypto, see
http://www.law.miami.edu/~froomkin/clipper.htm
and, if you want a little scare, read the **imaginary** court decision
at:
http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/~switz/cfp96/plenary-court.html
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