And people continue to repeat the incorrect statement that patents appear in the constitution: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/08/throw-patent-trolls-under-the-bridge-95188.html …
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Replying to @cmuratori
@cmuratori Not by name, but the eighth clause in Article 1, Section 8 is generally read as authorizing them. http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_transcript.html …2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @ExeteraAdams
@ExeteraAdams It authorizes Congress to _optionally_ do things _like_ patents if it thinks it promotes the arts and sciences. That is all.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @cmuratori
@ExeteraAdams Saying that patents are "enshrined in the Constitution" is an absurd statement unrelated to what is actually there.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @cmuratori
@cmuratori "Enshrined" is the wrong word, yes, but it's not irrelevant that they were one of the original enumerated powers.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @ExeteraAdams
@ExeteraAdams No. It's equivalent to saying that the right to use nuclear weapons was one of their enumerated powers. It's still misleading.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @cmuratori
@ExeteraAdams It implies that the _thing_ is an enumerated power, when really the enumerated power was a broad area that _could_ include it.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @cmuratori
@ExeteraAdams Imagine someone said, "the right to kill children was so important, it was one of the enumerated powers in the Constitution."1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @cmuratori
@ExeteraAdams A ridiculous statement, but the same degree of connection as saying patents were enumerated.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@ExeteraAdams Because the government _can_ kill children if it declares war on a country and is executing a military operation, right.
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