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position as to Maryland, and I think it is even more

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strict on electronic.

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THE CHAIRMAN: The Maryland. Court of Appeals

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has decided that the Maryland statute does not preempt

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that. Do you have any questions?

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MR. GENTRY: Do you have, either as a lav/

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professor or as representing the American Civil Liberties

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Union, an opinion as to what the purposes of a State

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Declaration of Rights in respect to whether this should

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simply state the areas in which the State is restrained

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from taking certain actions or the protection o£ certain

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rights of the individual, or do you see it in a broader

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aspect, as a setting down of principles by which the

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people in our State should live and be guided by?

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PROFESSOR ROSEN: Could you clarify the

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alternative to a statement of the rights that the

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citizens have against the State?

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MR. GENTRY; Well, I was really looking for

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you to develop it a little bit. As between a strict

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legalistic approach to the areas in which the State is

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restrained from taking action against an individual, as