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Old Apr 28, 2011 | 7:42 am
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Originally Posted by GUWonder
Given the form becomes a requirement -- and the government wants it to be a requirement for whomever it decides it wants to target -- the submitted form actually will create further legal basis upon which the government is legally empowered to prosecute or otherwise intimidate persons who are subjected to the form (and/or other parties associated with the applicant) and submit it as part of an attempted passport approval process.
Exactly. And just on conceptual terms, government should be assigned limited powers by the people, not unlimited potential for abuse in the vague expectation it won't be used.
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