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marricks
10y ago
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So it doesn't change what is legal, just who determines what is legal. Which is arguably worse given how fast (and presumably biased) some districts are, i.e rocket docket,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_District_Court_f...
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rayiner
10y ago
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What makes you presume E.D. Va. is "biased?" Towards who?
marricks
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10y ago
Cases like
http://lavabit.com/
which give a defendant little to no time to prepare. Which is all to say the FBI wanted this for a specific reason, and many courts give them a lot more leeway and less transparency for the public.
rayiner
10y ago
The FBI wanted this for the reason that it's often very difficult to figure out where something or someone on the Internet is physically located.
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