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Prohibitive Laws

He said that many more
term paper firms were in
operation last year, but that
several states – notably New
York and Maryland – have
recently passed prohibitive
legislation outlawing the
companies from their states.

"When Gov. Marvin Mandel
signed the Maryland law,
we were forced to move from
Silver Springs to Washington,"
the spokesman pointed out.

The spokesman believed that
any cases taken to court
involving the prohibitive laws
would be shown to be
unconstitutional. "We can
write and print whatever we
care to," said the spokesman.
"These laws violate our
freedoms of speech and the
press."

Mr. Peerman noted that no
cases involving the use of such
commercially- produced term
papers have come before the
Honor Committee; he further
noted that it is difficult to
prove when a student is using
such a paper.