France Clears Bill That Could Force Apple to Unlock Terror Data

French lawmakers backed a plan to impose penalties including jail time on technology executives who deny access to encrypted data during a terrorist investigation, giving security services and prosecutors the power to force companies such as Apple Inc. to cooperate.

An amendment providing the new power was submitted by the opposition party The Republicans and, while the government hasn’t officially supported the measure, it was included in Justice Minister Jean-Jacques Urvoas’s bill to overhaul legal procedures and fight organized crime in the wake of the Nov. 13 terrorist attacks that killed 130 people in Paris. (via Bloomberg)

My suggestion - which will not happen - is that Apple should say "fine we will stop doing business in any and all piss ant countries that want to dictate the quality of our product by forcing us to install vulnerabilities in said products".   

Let the French people go without the new Iphone 7 or 8 *whatever they are up to now, and you would then see a slew of lawmakers looking for new jobs.

Pursuing drugs and guns on scant evidence, D.C. police sometimes raid wrong homes — terrifying the innocent

"Sallie Taylor was sitting in her apartment in Northeast Washington one evening in January 2015 watching “Bible Talk” when her clock fell off the wall and broke. She turned and looked up. Nine D.C. police officers smashed through her door, a shotgun was pointed at her face and she was ordered to the floor." (via WP)

A few years ago a chaplain friend of mine was stationed in the DC area with his very large family and this exact same thing happened to him in the middle of the night.

Of course the only illegal thing happening in his house was the dozen or so clowns wearing badges that broke in and held he and his family hostage.

Former First Lady Nancy Reagan Dead at 94

There has been a bit of reconstructionism related to Ronald Reagan as of late.  But it cannot be argued, honestly, that his first lady did not exude class and style.

RIP Ms. Nancy.

The Calhoun Institute Homepage

The Calhoun Institute website is up and running and the first edition of The Calhoun Review is published. 

Secessionist Papers

Secessionist Papers - Book 109 pages

Abstract

Why is it important to talk about secession? Few people that believe secession is a legitimate political theory, right and recourse also believe that in a practical sense it is achievable, reasonable or even preferable. Devolution is a complicated matter and requires a more or less united political will among a people within a region or area – within the confines of modern America it seems unlikely any such will of a sufficient majority will soon emerge, anywhere. The question thus remains, why even discuss the subject? 

It is important to honestly discuss the matter because it goes to the very heart of how the Union of States was formed, what the Constitution was to mean and what relation the central government was to have to the people. Many of our contemporary political problems stem directly from a failure to understand foundational principles. Perhaps in engendering more honest discussions about foundational principles we might actually see contemporary problems more correctly.

Authors

Barry Lee Clark, Brian McCandliss, Michael Peirce, Walter E. Block, Thomas E. Woods Jr., Kevin L. Clauson,Kirkpatrick Sale, Forrest McDonald, Gene H. Kizer, Jr., Thomas J. Lorenzo, Donald W. Livingston

Keywords

• secession

• Political History,
   
• Constitutional Law and
   
• Political Theory

Publication Date

February 20, 2016

Editor

Barry Lee Clark

Publisher

The Calhoun Review

DOI

10.13140/RG.2.1.2347.2405

Publisher Statement

Secessionist Papers (February 20, 2016). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2735290

DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.2347.2405

Published by The Calhoun Review, 2016

First Edition

Citation Information

Clark, Barry Lee, et. al., Secessionist Papers (February 20, 2016). Available at SSRN:http://ssrn.com/abstract=2735290