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Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 18:37:24 -0800 From: tien@well.sf.ca.us (Lee Tien) Subject: Re: Encryption and the 2nd Amendment

I agree that a 2nd A. argument is legally worthless; so do Mike Godwin and other persons whose legal opinions are generally carefully considered.

I still believe this issue is a prime candidate for testing the 9th and 10th. There is nothing specific in the Constitution which allows the government to control crypto technology (or any technology actualy) which is contrary to the 10th. Per the 9th it should be left up to the states or the people to decide. The current group of issues as mentioned in a post by Tim May earlier today are all related by these amendments. The precedence of the legislative and court bodies in this country ignoring these amendments may be at an end.