Posted on 09/20/2020 7:25:47 PM PDT by Magnatron
Nope. I would need a lot more evidence other than a president’s say-so before I’d acquiesce to this sort of restriction. I’d need to be convinced that an app, a newspaper, etc. was posing a direct imminent threat to national sovereignty or security - not just some general imposition on public economy or privacy. We may agree to disagree, but no, I do not believe I’ve been duped.
The purpose of this is to give Apple and Google cover to ignore Trump’s order to take the app out of their app store.
And the Chinese spying gets the same Free Speech consideration.
Do these judges have a BRAIN???
It's from the first paragraph of the Authority section.
...there’s a lot of legal wriggle room.
I think the magistrate judge has whatever powers the circuit court delegates.
These petitioners are clearly sophisticated and I can't believe they would make their plea to a court that couldn't provide relief.
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