Constitutional Right to Be a Pirate

Re:Constitutional Right to Be a Pirate by RcouF1uZ4gsC on Saturday July 06, 2024 @09:31PM (#40894590)

Based on the privateering clause, it seems Congress could authorize hackers to pwn computers and accounts belonging to an adversary and allow the hacker to keep any gains from that.

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Re:Constitutional Right to Be a Pirate by philips on Saturday July 06, 2024 @09:35PM (#40894618)

Haha. And this is why we have got to start amending this document! People are constantly twisting or extending the plain original meaning creatively, like you have done, to squeeze the desired legislation out of courts without amendments.

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Re:Constitutional Right to Be a Pirate by dr_dshiv on Saturday July 06, 2024 @09:33PM (#40894598)

Brilliant. The spirit of the law!

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Re:Constitutional Right to Be a Pirate by stork19 on Saturday July 06, 2024 @09:39PM (#40894636)

Smart! That is an interesting application of contextualism.

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Re:Constitutional Right to Be a Pirate by courseofaction on Saturday July 06, 2024 @09:57PM (#40894716)

You may have just seeded something

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Re:Constitutional Right to Be a Pirate by Eddy_Viscosity2 on Sunday July 07, 2024 @07:49AM (#40896935)

With the immunity ruling, president could authorize this himself now, or anything else for that matter.

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