Uniform Police apparently unconstitutional

[kawaii ryuko]

http://www.constitution.org/lrev/roots/cops.htm

"Police work is often lionized by jurists and scholars who claim to employ
"textualist" and "originalist" methods of constitutional interpretation. Yet
professional police were unknown to the United States in 1789, and first
appeared in America almost a half-century after the Constitution's
ratification. The Framers contemplated law enforcement as the duty of mostly
private citizens, along with a few constables and sheriffs who could be
called upon when necessary. This article marshals extensive historical and
legal evidence to show that modern policing is in many ways inconsistent
with the original intent of America's founding documents. The author argues
that the growth of modern policing has substantially empowered the state in
a way the Framers would regard as abhorrent to their foremost principles."

(Stolen from Declan's Politech list and reposted here.)

Ever lovable and always scrappy,
kawaii

Call for Papers - 13th USENIX Security Symposium

[Alex Walker]

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Call For Papers 
13th USENIX Security Symposium 
August 9-13, 2004
San Diego, CA
http://www.usenix.org/events/sec04/
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Submit a paper to the 13th USENIX Security Symposium.

The 2004 USENIX Security Symposium program committee seeks refereed paper submissions 
in all areas relating to system and network security.  If you are working in any 
practical aspects of security or applications of cryptography, we would like to urge 
you to submit a paper.

Suggested paper topics include, but are not limited to:

* Adaptive security and system management 
* Analysis of malicious code
* Analysis of network and security protocols 
* Applications of cryptographic techniques 
* Attacks against networks and machines
* Automated tools for source code analysis
* Authentication and authorization of users, systems, and applications
* Denial-of-service attacks and countermeasures 
* File and filesystem security 
* Firewall technologies 
* Intrusion detection 
* Privacy preserving (and compromising) systems
* Public key infrastructure 
* Rights management and copyright protection
* Security in heterogeneous environments 
* Security of agents and mobile code 
* Security of Internet voting systems 
* Techniques for developing secure systems 
* World Wide Web security

Submissions are due on January 25, 2004.

For more details on the submission process, authors are encouraged to consult the 
detailed author guidelines at: http://www.usenix.org/events/sec04/cfp/

We look forward to receiving your submissions!

Matt Blaze, AT&T/University of Pennsylvania
Security Symposium 2004 Program Chair
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

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SAVE THE DATE!
13th USENIX Security Symposium
August 9-13, 2004
San Diego, CA
http://www.usenix.org/events/sec04/
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