# Pitting UltraVires

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-ultravires/821734>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 22, 2018, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-ultravires/821734 "2018-09-22T16:05:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2021, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-ultravires/821734/396 "2021-06-26T20:30:39Z")

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This is totally off topic for the original thread, so I figured I’d take it here, but I really love this argument:

> [@High School Student "Free Speech" Case Before SCOTUS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-student-free-speech-case-before-scotus/940931/438):
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> In contrast, B.L. made comments off of school property by using a technology that wasn’t dreamed of in _Tinker_ ,

I wonder if there’s any other part of our illegal code that was written based on specific assumptions as to what was possible with available technology at the time, and which, even if it was a good idea at the time (which is debatable), is absolutely no longer applicable today?

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