On Tuesday, April 24, 2001, at 09:46 PM, Declan McCullagh wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 09:27:10PM -0700, Tim May wrote:
>> If this becomes law, it will be a case of pure thoughtcrime. No
>> victims,
>> no aggression against another person, no actual people. Just
>> thoughtcrime.
>
> It is law, actually. Passed in 1996, with the Bruce Taylors of the
> world testifying in favor of it before Senate Judiciary. Hatch
> and Feinstein were chief sponsors.
>
> Five appeals courts have ruled on it. All but one (the Ninth Circuit)
> said it was constitutional.
>
Thanks. I had forgotten which laws passed, which were struck down, and
which quietly died in committee. (Feinstein, especially, proposes a lot
of sickeningly statist laws...)
Have there been any prosecutions yet on this? Or is prosecution on hold
while the courts review it?
--Tim May
