On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 12:42 AM, James A. Donald <jamesd@echeque.com> wrote:
On 2013-10-22 13:54, Jim Bell wrote:
They should respond by saying, "You, Federal Judge, do not have the legal authority to order me/the company to ASSIST in the task, at most you can require me to ALLOW it; Further, you do not have the authority to order me/the company to not speak of the existence of the warrant: See the First Amendment to the US Constitution".
It is a "living constitution", also known as an undead constitution.
Invoking the first amendment will get you in jail so fast it will make your head spin.
A little bit of time in contempt [even criminal contempt] isn't going to hurt an independantly wealthy CEO. And these days it would likely bump your rep into the stratosphere preliminary to your second career in the freedoms crowd. That wouldn't be in conflict since you were already thinking about it anyways. Interesting times ahead I think.