I'm still reeling that someone had the gall to write a sentence like this and call it "good civics." It's a love letter to totalitarianism.

> Then, fourth and finally (drum roll, please!), they'll need to allow courts to jail the accused until: (a) the communication has been decrypted by someone; (b) the maximum penalty for the charged crime has been exceeded; or (c) the court decides to release the accused.

IIRC studies show that people with authoritarian personalities don't see anything wrong with authoritarianism - it just feels normal to them.