LAW: PA and Sherman Austin case

From: Robert J. Bradbury (bradbury@aeiveos.com)
Date: Thu Sep 04 2003 - 09:38:53 MDT

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    Hmmm... looks to me like I was right about the PA and
    perhaps other laws going completely against the 1st
    ammendment.

    This is derived from:
    http://grep.law.harvard.edu/article.pl?sid=03/09/01/1059213&mode=thread 
    leading to:
    http://www.raisethefist.com/news.cgi?artical=wire/-----74814smallsherm.gifIMG.article

    "Austin's probation stipulates, among other things, that (1) he cannot
    possess or access a computer of any kind without prior approval of his
    probation officer, (2) if his probation officer gives permission, the
    equipment is subject to monitoring and is subject to search and seizure at
    any time, without notice, (3) he cannot alter any of the software or
    hardware on any computer he uses, (4) he must surrender his phone, DSL,
    electric, and satellite bills, (5) he cannot associate with any person or
    group that seeks to change the government in any way (be that
    environmental, social justice, political, economic, etc.), and (6) he must
    pay over $2,000 in fines and restitution. Austin must surrender himself to
    the Federal Bureau of Prisons by September 3, 2003."

    Read that carefully -- "cannot associate with any person or group
    that seeks to change the government in any way"!!!

    So he could not attend a rally to elect Arnold S. in CA.

    I'd advise watching things like this very carefully as it looks to
    me as if the government decides to outlaw nanotech or AI
    or body enhancement or cryonics -- then the transhumanist agenda
    is likely to become significantly constrained. In this particular
    case it is interesting because it looks like one can place blame
    on the executive, legislative *and* judicial branches of the
    government.

    Robert



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