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Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 23:47:05 -0500 From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com> Subject: Re: SC rules 1st doesn't cover lies [CNN] Reply-To: austin-cpunks@ssz.com
Clarification on the Subject: line -- the court's ruling, at least as described below, applies only to government employees. It is the state-as-employer, not the state-as-sovereign, role the court is discussing.
In other words, we're still free to lie, cheat, and steal[1].
"A citizen may decline to answer the question, or answer it honestly, but he cannot with impunity knowingly and willfully answer with a falsehood," Rehnquist said.
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