> Wayne Wilson wrote: > > > We do not intend to change current law regarding ownership of or > > responsibility for medical records. > > > > Comment: Several commenters argued that individuals should be able to > > sue for breach of privacy. Response: We agree, but do not have the > > legislative authority to grant a private right of action to sue under > > this statute. Only Congress can grant that right. > > This highlights how clueless many of the US bureaucrats are. > Congress can only take away rights. The US Constitution > guaranteed our rights. > Not true. For example, copyright and patent are explicitly (Article 1, section 8) rights that congress can grant (actually, not totally true, that section states that congress has the power "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries," not copyright/patent/trademark per se). Also, contrary to popular belief, the right to privacy is nowhere in the constitution. All such rights are either explicitly granted by congress (under some other power that congress has), or have been "found" in other rights either granted by the Constitution or guaranteed under the Constitution. jeff ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jeffry Smith Technical Sales Consultant Mission Critical Linux [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone:603.930.9739 fax:978.446.9470 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thought for today: P-mail n. [rare] Physical mail, as opposed to email. Synonymous with snail-mail, but much less common.
