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		rocqua on May 24, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: PyPI Was Subpoenaed A warrant for a things isn't an order to the owner of that thing. It's an order to (and peemission for) officers to go and seize the thing. You get shown the warrant to prove that they have permission, not to order you to comply.

woodruffw on May 24, 2023 [–]

Yes, I'm aware -- my other comment says that.

I realize this comment is a little ambiguous: the order in the warrant case is an order by the court to the court's officers to perform an arrest, seizure, etc. It's not an order for you (the subject of the warrant) to comply.

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