Posted November 14, 2019 5:37 pm by Comments

By Dean Weingarten

Seattle Judge Rules Against State Department, Free Speech in 3D code
Seattle Judge Rules Against State Department, Free Speech in 3D code

U.S.A.-(Ammoland.com)- On 12 November, 2019, another semi-retired District Judge, in the Western District of Washington (Seattle), continued the judicial resistance against the Trump administration and the rule of law. Senior Judge Lasnik was appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1998.

The Judge, Robert S. Lasnik, ruled the Department of State violated administrative procedure by deciding the ability of individuals to make simple small arms, already widely available, was not a “critical defense item” in the expansive International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) regulations.

The Department of State had reached this decision as part of a long running lawsuit brought by Defense Distributed on First and Second Amendment grounds. The temporary order allowing Defense Distributed to publish and distribute its computer code was part of a settlement of the lawsuit, awaiting permanent regulations.

Several Democrat state attorney generals then filed the current lawsuit in the Western District of Washington (Seattle) on ideological grounds, claiming speculative and future damages, to prevent the court approved settlement with Defense Distributed and the Second Amendment Foundation, from going into effect.

Judge Lasnik ignored reality to make this ideological policy …Read the Rest

Source:: AmmoLand

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