Wow. It was my impression that the supreme court judged cases based on existing law, and the legislature wrote new law. Perhaps the legislature wrote this law because it disagreed with the recent court decision. Part of why the legislature exists is to create and/or update laws in response to changing times and public opinion.

To Governor Brown: If the supreme court believes this law is unconstitutional, they can strike it down. Don't overstep your powers and do this for them. Unless *YOU,* on behalf of your constituents, have a specific objection: let the law pass.

(For the record, I live in CA and voted for Jerry Brown in the last election)

I actually remember seeing that back when I was in high school. It was actually the inspiration for my comment, but I couldn't think of who made the video to post a link to them. Good find.

My apologies if this was already posted.

I suggest creating a self destruct button... Something along the lines of: http://hackaday.com/2008/09/16/how-to-thermite-based-hard-drive-anti-forensic-destruction/

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