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Adam Cohen
1962 • American • Journalist
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Showing 14 quotesAfter you pay your E-ZPass bill, there is no reason for the government to keep records of your travel.— Adam Cohen
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Travel
For technology companies, information about what people do online is extremely valuable - it can be used to sell targeted advertising or sold to data clearinghouses.— Adam Cohen
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Technology
Patents have a place in medical science - for new inventions that advance the state of knowledge.— Adam Cohen
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Medical
As self-driving cars become more common, there will be a flood of new legal questions.— Adam Cohen
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Legal
It's tempting to engage in anti-gun polemics and hope that popular opinion will dramatically shift, but it is also likely a mistake. The smarter course for those who want stronger federal gun-control laws anytime soon is legislative stewardship and compromise.— Adam Cohen
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Hope
Amazon is holding its own because the service it provides - offering millions of books and other items quickly and easily from home at any hour of the day or night - is a real one, and one that was impossible before there was an Internet.— Adam Cohen
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Home
Conservative Justices have a history of not standing by their professed commitment to judicial restraint.— Adam Cohen
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History
The Enron scandal is worthy of the highest level of scrutiny, both because of the enormity of the crimes that may have been committed and because of what the largest bankruptcy in American history has already begun to reveal about the weaknesses in our nation's corporate structures and regulatory oversight.— Adam Cohen
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History
When the government takes video of people in public places, the images should only be kept as long as they may reasonably be needed to investigate a crime. After a few days, if there has not been a report of a crime, they should be destroyed.— Adam Cohen
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Government
The Supreme Court's most conservative Justices have presented themselves as great respecters of precedent and opponents of 'judicial activism' - of judges using the Constitution to strike down laws passed by the elected branches of government. If they are true to those principles, they should uphold rent control.— Adam Cohen
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Government
It makes sense to have cameras in places where terrorism and crime are of particular concern - such as in Times Square or near major bridges and tunnels. It would be more troubling to learn, however, that the government has focused cameras on the front doors of our homes just to keep track of our comings and goings.— Adam Cohen
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Government
If the courts regarded tweets and other social media information as private, it would not prevent the law enforcement from getting information it really needs. But the government would have to get a search warrant, which requires it to show that it has probable cause connecting what is being searched to a crime.— Adam Cohen
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Government