Computer Cops Versus The First Amendment
May, 1992
When the founding fathers drafted the Bill of Rights, they sought to protect certain values: freedom of speech, of the press, of the right of the people to assemble peaceably. Their understanding of freedom and liberty came from events in the real world. People have the right to assemble in a church or town square, the right to be secure in their homes and the right to speak freely in any and all of those places: solid, tangible stuff. Rights made manifest through the morning paper, the church p...
