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Re:CopBlock.org Founder Faces 21 Years in Prison for Reporti... by Daniel_Newby on Sunday August 05, 2012 @07:55PM (#4343090)
"What he is being charged for is calling police officials and others on the phone after this, and recording the conversations without getting the other parties permission to record the phone call..."

According to Article 22 of the New Hampshire constitution, "free speech ... [is] to be inviolably preserved". It is difficult to reconcile this "wiretapping" law with the constitution.

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Re:CopBlock.org Founder Faces 21 Years in Prison for Reporti... by anamax on Sunday August 05, 2012 @08:11PM (#4343141)
> According to Article 22 of the New Hampshire constitution, "free speech ... [is] to be inviolably preserved". It is difficult to reconcile this "wiretapping" law with the constitution.

Why do you think that free speech implies a right to record what someone else says without their permission?

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