Amendments 4-10

Criminal Justice & Federalism

Topics


4th Amendment: Searches and Seizures, Privacy

See also Terrorism Policy; Digital Economy.

Briefs

Caniglia v. Strom. No. 20-157. Merits amicus brief of Firearms Policy Coalition, Firearms Policy Foundation, and Independence Institute (Jan. 15, 2021). A judicially-created "community caretaking exception" to the Fourth Amendment allows warrantless searches of automobiles without probable cause. Can the exception be extended to the home? The amicus brief urges not, based on the historical sanctity of the home in Anglo-American law, plus analysis of the text of the Amendments I through V.

Florida v. J.L., 529 U.S. 266 (2000). Amicus brief the Independence Institute and the National Rifle Association. There is no "gun exception" to the Fourth Amendment's ban on searches based on unverified anonymous tips. With Robert Dowlut.

Testimony

Testimony to Congress against proposals to increase wiretapping. H.R. 4423 and H.R. 3484. U.S. House Subcommittee on Crime, July 13, 2000.

Monograph

Drug Testing: Shaky Science May Nullify Good Intentions. Independence Institute Issue Paper. 1990.

Short articles and blogging

Bloomberg's X-ray. NYC develops gun detectors to conduct secret warrantless searches. America's 1st Freedom. May 2012.

Cert. grant in Millender v. LA: Qualified immunity for an unconstitutional general warrant to seize firearms? Volokh Conspiracy. July 20, 2011.

Accounting for Privacy Lost. Bill would infringe on accountant-client privilege. Mar. 7, 2003. With Frank Zaveral.

Face the Facts: Facial recognition technology's troubled past -- and troubling future. Reason. Oct. 2002. With Mike Krause. Reprinted in in James D. Toor, ed. Homeland Security. At Issue (Greenhaven Pr., 2004).

The Prohibitionist's Burden. Congress has repealed the Fourth Amendment for everyone on a ship. National Review Online. July 14, 2001. With Mike Krause. Coast Guard and the drug war. In italiano.

Back at Ya, Strom. Rebutting Sen. Thurmond on the Fugitive Protection Act. National Review Online. Oct. 20, 2000.

Sneaking In the Secret Search. No person's liberty is safe in the last week of Congress. National Review Online. Oct. 10, 2000.

No Firearms Exception to the Fourth Amendment. Chronicles magazine. August 2000.

Colorado Supreme Court Paved Way for Mena Killing. Denver Post. Feb. 15, 2000. With Ari Armstrong.

Red Meat Encryption. Decoding the FBI's Carnivore Program. National Review Online. Aug. 23, 2000. With Tim Daneliuk.

When You Call, Who is Listening? Communications Assistance to Law Enforcement Act (CALEA)--the law that the FBI is trying to turn into a tool for warrantless surveillance of the American people. Cato Institute.  Sacramento Bee. June 19, 1998.

Starr Chamber. Kenneth Starr's alleged unethical actions have direct parallels in actions implemented by White House or the Clinton Department of Justice. National Review. May 4, 1998.

Government Eavesdropping Via E-Mail. Rocky Mountain News. July 4, 1994. With Duane Thompson.

It's an Assault on Our Privacy. Colorado Statesman, Sept. 15. 1989.

blog: Drive a Hybrid, Get Pulled Over by the Virginia Police,11/4/05.


5th Amendment: Due Process, Forfeiture, Self-Incrimination, Vagueness

Amicus briefs

Florida v. Garcia. No. SC20-1419. Florida Supreme Court. Merits amicus brief of Independence Institute and Due Process Institute (May 10, 2021). Compelling an individual to disclose his cell phone password to law enforcement violates the Fifth Amendment and the Florida Constitution.

Joel Esquenzi and Carlos Rodriguez v. United States of America. Washington Legal Foundation and the Independence Institute amicus brief in support of petitioners. United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Sept. 11, 2014.

Monographs

Asset Forfeiture Reform is Overdue. Issue Backgrounder. Apr. 18, 2002. Discusses Colorado and Denver confiscation laws.

Denver's Property Confiscation Ordinances: Good Targets for HB 1305. Independence Institute Issue Backgrounder. 1999-N. Feb. 10, 1999.

Short articles and blogging

Knife Ban and Vagueness Case at Supreme Court Conference. New York City continues to prosecute people for ordinary folding knives. Reason, Volokh Conspiracy. June 10, 2019.

Virtue in Equivocation. Happy Guy Fawkes Day. National Review Online. Nov. 5, 2001.

Redefining Justice. Houston journalist Vanessa Leggett is jailed by the FBI. National Review Online. Aug. 27, 2001.

One Trigger-Happy Attorney. Prosecution of dance clubs in New Orleans. National Review Online. April 30, 2001. With Glenn Harlan Reynolds.

Forfeiture Laws Harm Crime Victims. By Jerry Kopel. May 17, 2000.

Denver Property Confiscation Law May Meet its Match. By Jerry Kopel. July 13, 1999.

Just Say Nothing. What to do if you are questioned about a victimless crime. 1998.

The Dangers of Driving Through Denver. Property confiscation. August 5, 1998.

blog: Easier Forfeiture of Property: The New Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. May 23, 2006.


6th Amendment: Jury Rights, Right to Counsel

Brief

Zoie H. v. State of Nebraska. No 19-1418. July 24, 2020. Amicus brief of Professors of Second Amendment law, Firearms Policy Coalition, Firearms Policy Foundation, California Gun Rights Foundation, Madison Society Foundation, Second Amendment Foundation, and Independence Institute. Can an adult be prohibited from exercising the right to arms based on a juvenile conviction for which a jury trial was not allowed. The amicus brief discusses the history and tradition of arms rights for young adults.

Short articles

All sides support jury rights idea. Dailies say 'conservative groups' behind concept, but ranks of supporters diverse. Rocky Mountain News/Denver Post. Oct. 11, 2003.

The Rules. John Ashcroft's John Walker Lindh comments were inappropriate. National Review Online. Feb. 19, 2002.

Miranda's Not the Problem. Police deception does more harm to law enforcement. National Review Online. June 28, 2000.

I, The Jury. Book review of Jury Nullification: The Evolution of a Doctrine, by Clay S. Conrad. The American Enterprise, May/June 1999.

Fully Informed Juries.


8th Amendment. Sentencing, Right to Bail, Fines, Forfeitures

Briefs

Rosales-Gonzalez v. United States. No. 21-5305. Cert. petition amicus brief by Drug Policy Alliance, joined by NAACP, Law Enforcement Action Partnership, Independence Institute, Libertas Institute, and Due Process Institute. A defendant’s ability to pay should be considered when determining if a fine, including civil asset forfeiture, is excessive under the Eighth Amendment. Civil asset forfeiture has been widely abused, and is often used against poor people with few assets.

Timbs v. Indiana. U.S. Sup. Ct. No. 17-1091. Sept. 11, 2018. Merits amicus brief. The Independence Institute joins a broad civil liberties coalition in an amicus brief led by the Drug Policy Alliance. The issue is whether the Eighth Amendment's Excessive Fines Clause should be incorporated against the States. The brief details modern abuses of forfeiture laws, and argues that no government can have a legitimate interest in imposing an "excessive" fine.

Colorado Department of Labor v. Dami HospitalityColorado Supreme Court. July 2, 2018. Amicus brief argues that the Eighth Amendment's rule "nor excessive fines imposed" does not have a loophole allowing excessive fines to be imposed on corporations.

Short articles and blogging

Excessive Fines Clause and corporations. Amicus brief says that 8th Amendment's ban on "excessive fines" does not have a corporate loophole. Reason, Volokh Conspiracy. July 3, 2018.

Press conference against proposition 102. Initiative to eliminate alternatives to bail bonds. Sept. 20, 2010.

Photo illustrating story clouds issue. Brown cloud not the result of CO2 emissions. Rocky Mountain News/Denver Post, Oct. 6, 2007. Plus more global warming coverage, the Coors-Miller merger, the Udall-Schaffer race, and public opinion on the death penalty.

blog: Tookie Williams and Clemency. Nov. 28, 2005.

Nobel Peace Prize Nominees. Nov. 29, 2005.

Anniversary of Rosenberg Execution. June 19, 2004.


10th Amendment: Federalism

For federalism aspects of Obamacare, see the Health Care page.

Briefs

Baca v. Secretary of State. 10th Circuit, June 27, 2018. Amicus brief argues that states cannot compel presidential electors to vote a certain way.

Kerr v. Hickenlooper, 744 F.3d 1156 (10th Cir. 2014). Amicus brief for Cato Institute and Independence Institute. The Colorado Taxpayer's Bill of Rights provisions for direct democracy are consistent with the original meaning of the Republican Form of Government Clause. Amicus brief in the District Court.

Pleau v. United States and Chafee v. United States (2012). Amicus brief in support of petitions for a writ of certiorari. Principles of federalism forbid the federal government from using a writ of habeas corpus ad testificandum to obtain custody of a prisoner who is serving a sentence in state prison.

Book chapter

The Expanding Federal Police Power, in Cato Handbook for Congress—107th Congress (2001).

Law review articles

The Brady Bill Comes Due: The Printz case and State Autonomy. 9 George Mason University Civil Rights Law Journal 189 (1999).

Taking Federalism Seriously: Lopez and the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act. 30 Connecticut Law Review 59 (1997). With Glenn H. Reynolds.

Short articles and blogging

The original meaning of the Indian Commerce Clause. Professor Natelson versus Professor Ablavsky. Reason/Volokh Conspiracy. Oct. 11, 2022.

Presidential electors can vote with discretion. Amicus brief explains that States cannot compel presidential electors to vote a certain way. Reason, Volokh Conspiracy. July 2, 2018.

Does the Supremacy Clause mean that the federal government always wins? Volokh.com. Oct. 2, 2012. About the Pleau brief.

Abortion Ban Breaks Republican Promises. Aug. 14, 1996. With Glenn Reynolds.

Hiding Behind State's Rights. Anti-gunners are hiding behind the false claim that right-to-carry reciprocity violates states' rights.  America's 1st Freedom. Mar. 2012.

Republican presidential candidates pledge to appoint judges to overturn the unconstitutional anti-abortion law they will sign. Candidates pledge to appoint judges who will adhere to the original meaning of the Constitution, but they promise to sign a federal law using the "interstate commerce" power to control what doctors tell abortion patients. Volokh Conspiracy. June 18, 2011.

Cert. Grant in 10th Amendment Case. Bond v. United States. Volokh.com. October 12, 2010.

DOMA case and the Tenth Amendment. Volokh.com. July 9, 2010.

NPR on Alito and Machine Guns: The November 11, 2005, edition of NPR's "All Things Considered" features a segment on Judge Alito's decision in Rybar, in which Alito followed the Supreme Court's Lopez precedent to write that a federal ban on machine gun possession was not a valid exercise of the federal power to regulate interstate commerce. Guests on the program were Eugene Volokh, Kristin Rand of the Violence Policy Center, Erwin Chemerinsky of Duke Law School, and Kopel.

blog: Other Federal Appellate Judges on Machine Guns. Nov. 1, 2005.

Feel Like Dancing? Beware of Tom Daschle. Daschle's omnibus crime bill attacks RAVEs and dance parties by classifying them as "crack houses." National Review Online. Jan. 30, 2003. With Glenn Reynolds.

Wasted. Can't the DEA or Congress find a better way to use the DEA's resources? Medical marijuana raids in California. National Review Online, Nov. 19, 2001. With Mike Krause.

Sex and the Interstate Commerce Clause. Why the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals was right to declare the federal Violence Against Women Act unconstitutional. Cato Institute. March 13, 1999. With Glenn Harlan Reynolds.

blog: Roberts on the Interstate Commerce Power. Sept. 16, 2005.


Colorado and local laws

Refining Colorado's Criminal Code. Independence Institute Issue Paper no. 10-1997. Dec. 1997. Fixing Colorado's criminal code to remove unconstitutional or oppressive provisions.

Spriggs is Sprung: New U.S. Attorney is Bad News. April 4, 2001.

Attorney General's Office Doesn't Control Violent Crime. Denver Post, Oct. 9, 1994.


Federal Legislation

Joel Esquenzi and Carlos Rodriguez v. United States of America. Washington Legal Foundation and the Independence Institute amicus brief in support of petition for certiorari. No. 14-189 (U.S., Sept. 11, 2014). The Court should reject overbroad interpretations of certain terms in the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

Unfair and Unconstitutional: The New Federal Gun Control and Juvenile Crime Proposals. By Dave Kopel and James Winchester. Covers the heavily-discussed issues from 1999's Senate Bill 254 (gun shows, juvenile gun possession) and many unknown provisions (including wiretapping expansion, forfeiture expansion, and others).

Testimony before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Criminal Street Gangs. Apr. 23, 1997. Includes material about gun control, RICO, bullet-resistant vests, conspiracy statues, federalization of criminal law, and more.

Printz v. United States (1997). Amicus brief for the States of Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, Virginia, and Wyoming. Congress cannot order state and local officials to carry out federal checks on handgun buyers.

On the Firing Line: Clinton's Crime Bill. Heritage Lecture no. 476, delivered by Dave Kopel at the Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C., Sept. 1993.

Short articles and blogging

The Hill's Hidden Crime Agenda. Post-Columbine legislation. Cato Institute. Washington Times. June 15, 1999.

Victims' Rights Amendment is All Wrong. Cato Institute. Sept. 20, 1996. By David Kopel and Elisabeth Semel.

The Crime Bill's Defeat Helped the Constitution. Newsday, Aug. 17, 1994. Flaws in the Clinton crime bill.


Drug Policy

See also: Fourth Amendment; Sentencing

The Future of International Drug Policy. Kopel interviews Mexican lawyer and professor Alejandro Madrazo regarding the drug war in Mexico. March 21, 2016.

Reducing the Drug War's Damage to Government Budgets. 35 Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy 543 (2012). With Trevor Burrus.

The Drug War against Human Rights and Civil Liberties. Occasional Paper # 8 from the Liberal Institute of the Friederich Naumann Foundation in Potsdam, Germany. English full text in HTML. In PDF. September 2004 Symposium.

A Foreign Policy Disaster, in The New Prohibition: Voices of Dissent Challenge the Drug War (Accurate Press, 2004). With Mike Krause. PDF version. HTML version.

Smash-up Policing: When Law Enforcement Goes Military. National Review, print edition, May 22, 2000. Reprinted in Busted: Stone Cowboys, Narco-Lords and Washington's War on Drugs (New York: Thunder's Mouth Press/Nation Books, 2002). Mike Bray, editor.

Militarized Law Enforcement: The Drug War's Deadly Fruit. Chapter by Kopel in the Cato Institute book After Prohibition: An Adult Approach to Drug Policies in the 21st Century, edited by Timothy Lynch (November, 2000).

Extreme Drug Law Tramples Bill of Rights. Flaws Seen in Uniform Controlled Substances Act. Independence Institute Issue Paper. 1992.

Marijuana Jail Terms: Costly and Hasty. Independence Institute Issue Paper. 1991.

Drug Testing: Shaky Science May Nullify Good Intentions. Independence Institute Issue Paper. 1990.

Short articles and blogging

Reefer Madness and the Prohibition of Marijuana in the United States. Encyclopædia Britannica blog. Oct. 26, 2010.

Does any government have the legitimate power to ban medical marijuana? Volokh.com. Dec. 10, 2012.

News out of joint on marijuana. Slang misuse, failure to check assertions hurts its coverage. Rocky Mountain News/Denver Post, Nov. 4, 2006.

Feel Like Dancing? Beware of Tom Daschle. National Review Online. Jan. 30, 2003. With Glenn Reynolds. Daschle's omnibus crime bill attacks RAVEs and dance parties by classifying them as "crack houses."

Meth lab video fearmongering. TV program pits neighbors against each other in government's crackdown on illicit drug factories. Rocky Mountain News/Denver Post, June 2, 2002.

Losing the War on Terrorism in Peru. The U.S. government has undermined the war on terrorism in Peru. National Review Online, Mar. 22, 2001. With Mike Krause.

Rumors: Quash one, fuel one. While debunking Harry Potter author's Satanist 'quotes,' News promotes drug's 'role' in deaths. Rocky Mountain News/Denver Post, Dec. 2, 2001.

Wasted. Can't the DEA or Congress find a better way to use the DEA's resources? Medical marijuana raids in California. National Review Online, Nov. 19, 2001. With Mike Krause.

License to Kill. The (drug) war on civilians in Peru. National Review Online. Aug. 16, 2001. With Mike Krause.

Out of Colombia. The drug-certification mandate and the international drug war are making America more like Colombia. National Review Online. Apr. 12, 2001. With Mike Krause.

One Trigger-Happy Attorney. Prosecution of dance clubs in New Orleans. National Review Online. April 30, 2001. With Glenn Harlan Reynolds.

Make Policy, Not War. Confusing drug policy with "war" is dangerous. National Review Online. Feb. 21, 2001.

Colorado Supreme Court Paved Way for Mena Killing. Denver Post. Feb. 15, 2000.

Drug War Kills Innocent People. Denver Post, Dec. 30, 1999. With Ari Armstrong.

Street Junkies are the Real Enemy. Phony drug war statistics. Colorado Statesman. May 18, 1990.

It's an Assault on Our Privacy. Drug testing. Colorado Statesman, Sept. 15. 1989.

War on Drugs versus War on Terrorists. Aug. 23, 2006.

Lawsuit over Denial of Federal Financial Aid to College Students with Drug Convictions. Mar. 20, 2006.

Dem. candidates' views on medical marijuana. Aug. 24, 2003.

RAVE Act & Feeney Amendment. Apr. 7, 2003.

DOJ abuse in California medical marijuana prosecution. Jan. 30, 2003

DARE program eliminated in its original host city. May 13, 2002.


Police and Police Violence/Militarism

See also: Waco; Terrorism.

Do American Police Departments Need Military Weapons from the Pentagon? Cato Institute panel event. Sept. 12, 2014.

Book chapters and journal article

Militarized Law Enforcement: The Drug War's Deadly Fruit. Chapter by Kopel in the Cato Institute book After Prohibition: An Adult Approach to Drug Policies in the 21st Century, edited by Timothy Lynch (November, 2000).

Smash-up Policing: When Law Enforcement Goes Military. National Review, print edition, May 22, 2000. Reprinted in Busted: Stone Cowboys, Narco-Lords and Washington's War on Drugs (New York: Thunder's Mouth Press/Nation Books, 2002). Mike Bray, editor.

Can Soldiers be Peace Officers? The Waco Disaster and the Militarization of Law Enforcement. 30 Akron Law Review 619 (1997). With Paul Blackman. Reprinted in Italian in Carlo Stagnaro, editor, Waco: Una Strage di Stato Americano (Stampa Alternativa 2001).

Short articles

Defund the Police. “Defund the police” is not the slogan of people who sincerely believe that black lives matter. Independent Thinking. Winter 2021.

The Anglo-American Office of Sheriff. Americans' right to elect their Sheriffs comes from ancient English legal tradition. Reason. Feb. 13, 2018.

Bad police training may have killed Philando Castile. Washington Post. June 22, 2017.

Moose Bull. The "D.C. Sniper" police chief's version of history in his book Three Weeks in October. National Review Online. Dec. 11, 2003. With Paul Blackman.

License to Kill. The (drug) war on civilians in Peru. National Review Online. Aug. 16, 2001. With Mike Krause.

Officer Politics. Recent police department scandals are a result of increased federal involvement and racial hiring practices. American Outlook. May/June 2001. By Dave Kopel and Mike Krause. Español.

Police Shootings Need More Scrutiny. Rocky Mountain News/Denver Post. July 29, 2001.

Violent home invasions by police lead to imitation by criminals claiming to be police. Apr. 2, 2002.

Posse Comitatus

The Posse Comitatus and the Office of Sheriff: Armed Citizens Summoned to the Aid of Law Enforcement. 104 Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 671 (2015).

Bush's Terrible Idea (weakening Posse Comitatus Act). Sept. 28, 2005.

Biden's attack on Posse Comitatus. July 22, 2002.


Sentencing, Mandatory Minimums

Prison Blues: How America's Foolish Sentencing Policies Endanger Public Safety. Cato Institute Policy Analysis. 1994.

Restore Flexibility to U.S. Sentences. National Law Journal. Dec. 16, 1996. With U.S. Senator Paul Simon (D-Illinois).

Let's Repeal Mandatory Minimums. National Law Journal. 1993.

Marijuana Jail Terms: Costly and Hasty. Independence Institute Issue Paper no. 5-91. April 24, 1991.


Other Topics

The Evolving Police Power: Some Observations for a New Century, with Glenn Harlan Reynolds. 27 Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly 511 (2000). Analyzes recent state court decisions striking down anti-sodomy laws, and suggests that courts in the 21st century--like courts in the 19th century--may increasingly recognize that the police power is not infinite. Also available in Word format.

Crime: The Inner City Crisis. The crime disaster in urban America, and how politicians use gun control to evade the difficulties of addressing the causes of poverty, alienation, and hopelessness.

Short articles and blogging

You've Got Identity. Why a national ID is a bad idea. National Review Online. Feb. 6, 2002. With Linda Gorman. Español

ID Nation. The wrong way to go. National Review Online. Oct. 2, 2001. 

Make Crime Pay. National Review Online. Feb. 28, 2001. With Linda Gorman.

Violent Misinformation Campaign. Don't look to the government and the media to explain drops in violent crime. National Review Online. Sept. 15, 2000. With Drs. Paul Gallant & Joanne Eisen.

Fatherlessness: The Root Cause. National Review Online, May 2, 2000.

The Marriage-Crime Connection. The American Enterprise. May/June 1996.

Repressing Civil Liberties Isn't the Answer. To diffuse the militia movement, acknowledge increasing federal lawlessness. Los Angeles Times, May 1, 1995.

How States Aid Murderers, Junk Mailers. Pueblo Chieftain. Feb. 10, 1991.

Freedom: A Bargain at Any Price. The harms caused by constitutional freedoms--and the much greater benefits.

Notorious Cases

Ireland v. United Kingdom and the prosecution of Bush officials. Apr. 27, 2009.

The Case against Impeaching Rod Blagojevich. Jan. 28, 2009.

Abuse of Power. Jailing journalists, and the Vanessa Leggett case. National Review Online. Jan. 22, 2002. With Paul Blackman.

Redefining Justice. Houston journalist Vanessa Leggett is jailed by the FBI. National Review Online. Aug. 27, 2001.

Bigotry of Low Expectations. Andrea Yates case. National Review Online. Aug. 28, 2001.

New Trial for Andrea Yates. Nov. 9, 2005. 

Vanessa Leggett

Abuse of Power. Jailing journalists, and the Vanessa Leggett case. National Review Online. Jan. 22, 2002. With Paul Blackman.

Redefining Justice. Houston journalist Vanessa Leggett is jailed by the FBI. National Review Online. Aug. 27, 2001.

Elian Gonzalez Kidnapping

Is Miami another Waco? National Review Online. Apr. 26, 2000. With Paul Blackman.

Mr. President, You're No JFK. The Elian Gonzalez kidnapping. National Review Online. Apr. 24, 2000.

Let My People Go: Elián and the Exodus. National Review Online, Apr. 17, 2000.

Judiciary and Judges

The Self-Defense Cases: How the United States Supreme Court Confronted a Hanging Judge in the Nineteenth Century and Taught Some Lessons for Jurisprudence in the Twenty-first. 27 American Journal of Criminal Law 293 (2000).

Attempt to abolish legal privilege of confidentiality for penitential confessions. Jan. 10, 2003.

A Need for More Activism on the Bench. Rocky Mountain News. Aug. 11, 1997.

Blackmun's Justice: Retiring Jurist Followed Conscience Instead of Constitution. Rocky Mountain News. May 1, 1994.

A Tribute to Justice William Brennan. July 1990.

Hate Crimes

Hate Crime Laws: Dangerous and Divisive. Independence Institute Issue Paper no. 1-2003. Jan. 13, 2003. PDF version.

911 Is a Joke... or Is It? Let's Find Out. Tech Central Station. Jan. 5, 2005. With Paul Gallant & Joanne Eisen.

Other nations censor speech critical of homosexuality as "hate speech." Aug. 5, 2003.

Media goes all fuzzy on protest. Lack of specifics, perspective on figures used by Auraria students hurts coverage. Rocky Mountain News/Denver Post, March 13, 2004. Plus Nelson Rockefeller's divorce, dubious statistics about "hate crimes" against homosexuals, and attacks on George Bush's campaign advertisements.


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