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Too bad they couldn't get this type of language, details, and examples into the constitution itself. Our patent system might not have been the giant piece of op
by mnm1 8y ago
Too bad they couldn't get this type of language, details, and examples into the constitution itself. Our patent system might not have been the giant piece of oppressive shit it has become if they had. That would apply to other areas of the constitution as well. If the founders had provided more details and examples, it would give judges and legislators a much clearer idea of their intentions and hopefully make it much harder for them to intentionally misinterpret words, even to the point of redefining meanings of words and phrases to absurd values that no one agrees to but the judges themselves.
- CalChris 8y agoU.S. Constitution Article I Section 8 | Clause 8 The Congress shall have power ... To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries.