[OFFTOPIC] Re: Crypto issue. Re: 2.3.x wish list?

Santos Halpar (sjhalpar@yahoo.com)
Fri, 14 May 1999 22:19:40 -0700 (PDT)


[This is my last message on crypto law here; if you have questions,
send private e-mail]
--- Dave Cinege <dcinege@psychosis.com> wrote:
> Please consider the following:
> http://home.HiWAAY.net/~becraft/TREATIES.html
>
> (For the people with ADD: The the Courts recognize treaties as a
> constitutional loophole that allows the govt to ignore all it's
> limitation of power.

No, it says that enforcement of treaties grants legislative
jurisdiction even lacking other constitutional bases for that
legislation. The legislative restraints of the first ammendment
supersede such questions of jurisdiction. Take it to misc.legal or
misc.legal.moderated for more detail.

--Sumner
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