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It's not a deliberate trick on anyone's part, but rather complexity induced contradiction. Similar destruction has happened to other rights - jury trial via plea bargains, equal representation via forced arbitration clauses, "papers please" via driving and flying, unreasonable search and seizure via web services, double jeopardy via overlapping jurisdictions, and of course federated government via pervasive commerce.



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