Re: Sloppy corporate structure. Sloppy security. Sloppy access rights
Whether individual states are bound by treaties is not at issue here. Judge Loretta Preska, who issued the warrant on Microsoft is a federal district judge, issuing warrants based on federal law and court rules. However, a quote from the US Constitution is informative (Article VI, Sction 2):
"This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Ting in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding."
It appears that treaties are quite binding upon individual states although, again, that has nothing to do with the case under discussion.
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