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18 U.S. Code § 713 - Use of likenesses of the great seal of the United States, the seals of the President and Vice President, the seal of the United States Sena

18 U.S. Code § 713 - Use of likenesses of the great seal of the United States, the seals of the President and Vice President, the seal of the United States Senate, the seal of the United States House of Representatives, and the seal of the United States Congress https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/713# https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/713# Great Seal of the United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Seal_of_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Seal_of_the_United_State... Seal of the president of the United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_of_the_president_of_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_of_the_president_of_the_U...

Bender 11mo ago
(f) A violation of the provisions of this section may be enjoined at the suit of the Attorney General, I suspect Pam will not do anything but the next administration certainly could.
- CamperBob2 11mo ago
  Pam will be too busy running interference for the Epstein clients. "Active investigation, you see. Can't release evidence in an active investigation. It would prejudice the jury pool." Those who voted for this are bad people who should feel bad.
jshier 11mo ago
Another law that needs to have actual criminal consequences, especially if the person doing it is part of the federal government, rather than optional civil consequences.
elmerfud 11mo ago
You snip out the important bits. It's not that no one can use the great seal It's that if it's used in such a way where a reasonable person wouldn't believe whatever the item is is actually represented to be by the federal government. If the reasonable person would not consider it to be something by the federal government then you are totally allowed to use it. It is one of the consequences of free speech and having a public government. Because this doesn't fall under normal trademark law or even a normal copyright. So it very much becomes a question for the courts to answer. People's political bias doesn't factor into it. The courts measurement of a reasonable person standard is what does.

Bender 11mo ago

(f) A violation of the provisions of this section may be enjoined at the suit of the Attorney General, I suspect Pam will not do anything but the next administration certainly could.

CamperBob2 11mo ago
Pam will be too busy running interference for the Epstein clients. "Active investigation, you see. Can't release evidence in an active investigation. It would prejudice the jury pool." Those who voted for this are bad people who should feel bad.

jshier 11mo ago

Another law that needs to have actual criminal consequences, especially if the person doing it is part of the federal government, rather than optional civil consequences.

elmerfud 11mo ago

You snip out the important bits. It's not that no one can use the great seal It's that if it's used in such a way where a reasonable person wouldn't believe whatever the item is is actually represented to be by the federal government. If the reasonable person would not consider it to be something by the federal government then you are totally allowed to use it. It is one of the consequences of free speech and having a public government. Because this doesn't fall under normal trademark law or even a normal copyright. So it very much becomes a question for the courts to answer. People's political bias doesn't factor into it. The courts measurement of a reasonable person standard is what does.