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Big win.

"Until then," the court found, "we hold that Tornado Cash’s immutable smart contracts (the lines of privacy-enabling software code) are not the “property” of a foreign national or entity, meaning (1) they cannot be blocked under IEEPA, and (2) OFAC overstepped its congressionally defined authority."

I think the Fifth Circuit rule along the lines of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Looper contra the Chevron rulings. The agencies were not given law-making abilities which are also regulation making abilities beyond the preview of the law made by congress.
They cannot make regulations and rules beyond congressional permissions.

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Can we forward zaps to L0la or something? Really appreciate the reporting she's doing and staying laser-focused on this beat; making shit make sense for us lil plebs

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No such feature for external folks, but she has geyser campaign up: https://geyser.fund/project/therage

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not but we have a ticket for this

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Link to oral arguments:

view on www.youtube.com
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For some reason I thought it'd go the other way. Gives me a bit more faith in the justice system.

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It still could go the other way with a ruling by SCOTUS. It would not be consistent, but who expects consistency in this crazy world.

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thanks for sharing

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thanks for thanking

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Nice!

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This is good news.

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