‘Until Today, the Government Had Gotten Away with It’
This article originally appeared on WND.com
Guest by post by Bob Unruh
A government program that was set up years ago but never updated when the laws changed has been found to be stealing books from publishers, and was struck as unconstitutional, according to a report.
The decision is from the D.C Circuit Court of Appeals and came in a case handled by the Institute for Justice.
The IJ explains the problem was in a “longstanding federal program” that threatened publishers with huge fines if they published books without providing free copies to the government.
The unanimous opinion found that a “mandatory deposit” requirement is in violation of the Takings Clause of the Constitution.
