This is a textbook example of the "establishment of religion" prohibited by the First Amendment.
charonn0
joined 2 years ago
Network (1976) is a perfect movie.
What is better: to be born good, or to overcome your evil nature through great effort?
-Paarthurnax
Obstruction of justice*
Your sandwiches would be even better if they were eaten by me.
One that you didn't have to make for yourself.
Greg Barns claims that the case should be stopped because it represents an unprecedented attempt by the US to prosecute an individual who is not one of its citizens, and who was not in the US when the WikiLeaks material was published. This is called extraterritorial reach and generally the law frowns on it.
The US and the UK have an extradition treaty that permits this. The UK can withdraw from the treaty, but unless they do this line of argument is willfully dishonest.
That's about 1609 times the length of the path travelled by light in vacuum in one 299792458^th^ of a second.