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“President Trump and his administration assert they are above the law, and that through Executive Orders, they can subvert our democracy by declaring that their nebulous understanding of the phrase ‘executive power’ should prevail over duly enacted statutes passed by Congress and signed into law by presidents of both parties, over the course of decades. The constitution did not change its meaning when President Trump took office."
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Public Knowledge · Public Knowledge Urges Congress, Courts To Reject Illegal Expansion of Executive PowerPublic Knowledge promotes freedom of expression, an open internet, and access to affordable communications tools and creative works. We work to shape policy.

How an “absolutist position” seeks to block even minor copyright exemptions, and usually succeeds

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) was passed in the US in 1998, at an early stage of the shift to a digital world, with little concern for the serious harm it would cause as everything became suffused with software. The problem is that the DMCA prevents circumvention of copyright protection measures (generally known as “digital rights management”, or DRM), even if the purpose of […]

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Tomorrow (May 20), I'll be at the Book Festival with my novel *Red Team Blues*:

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Monday (May 22), I'm keynoting 's Emerging Tech conference in :

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Tuesday (May 23), I'll be in for a book launch that's part of , a benefit for the **, onstage with (The ), Ron Diebert () and the Dr :

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This Saturday (May 20), I'll be at the Book Festival with my novel *Red Team Blues*:

gaithersburgbookfestival.org/f

On May 22, I'm keynoting 's Emerging Tech conference in :

eventbrite.com/e/emerging-tech

On May 23, I'll be in for a book launch that's part of , a benefit for the **, onstage with (The ), Ron Diebert () and the Dr :

westendphoenix.com/shop/wepfes

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Next Saturday (May 20), I'll be at the Book Festival with my novel *Red Team Blues*:

gaithersburgbookfestival.org/f

On May 22, I'm keynoting 's Emerging Tech conference in :

eventbrite.com/e/emerging-tech

On May 23, I'll be in for a book launch that's part of , a benefit for the **, onstage with (The ), Ron Diebert () and the Dr :

westendphoenix.com/shop/wepfes

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