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Spyware Company Sues Utah Over Anti-Spyware Law
cgibby98 writes "An earlier Slashdot article talks about how web businesses oppose Utah's new spyware law. A story in Tuesday's Deseret Morning News says that WhenU.com filed suit Monday against the state, its governor, and attorney general, trying to keep the law from going into effect next month. The lawsuit claims the law violates WhenU's constitutionally-protected right to advertise."
I can't tell if that last statement is sarcasm or not. If it isn't, you give Americans far too much credit.
I'll admit that I've never read the whole thing in one sitting, though I've read most of it, usually due to trying to find the answer to some question I have regarding the government's powers/checking the constitutionality of a law (I've got a handy pocket constitution I keep in my bag that I picked up in DC a few years ago). But to think that most US citizens would read it.... that makes me chuckle and yet sad at the same time.
According to the nice PATRIOT act, if you are on US territory, you are commiting a criminal act. Proof? you can be imprisoned without recourse, without the need for any reason, for an unlimited time.
I do not have any illusion of the existence of civil rights in the US.
You're not old until regret takes the place of your dreams.