I guess the solution is that we all need to have little Michael Cohens in our pockets to carry out our digital wishes and then later plead the 5th if necessary.
We say yes to everything. The only reason there isn't a levy on the ballot for $600 million to provide this service is because someone doesn't want it on the ballot.
Thanks all. I was not connecting why it was correct to invoke 1789 (prior to the telephone device) so prominently in the article & headline, instead of 1911 or 1948 when the law was updated within the context of the telephone device existing. Seems it's the underlying principle of the 1789 origin though, so I'll settle down.
Correct me if I'm mistaken, but I doubt the original All Writs Act contained language about pen-registers on technology not yet invented. 1789 may be the basis of the 1911-and-thereafter updates, but this language does not actually date back to "Antiquated 1789", right?
Finally, a case of what would seem to be actual trademark infringement, and it's coming from our friendly national-IP-enforcement agency. Maybe they can also sell their own Apple iPhones minus the encryption, or bottle their own Coca-cola so suspects ingest tracking devices.
So the guy holding a job that's subject to a constitutional framework which limits his intrusion into our lives without targeted purpose is arguing that the public for which that framework exists is the one that's "above the law" by using a tool which supports that constitutional framework. This isn't a pendulum swinging, it's a fire hose of bull excrement pushing everyone onto the No-Fly list.
He's already the highest paid Seattle city employee, and was about to be given a $60k annual raise when this story came out. That raise was rescinded, so at least there's that.
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Boies will be Boies.
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Settle out of court to get your GPA.
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Re: Re: Re: 1789 or 1911?
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1789 or 1911?
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