Lummis: CLARITY Act Failure Means Developers Face…

Senator Cynthia Lummis is sounding the alarm: if the CLARITY Act fails to pass in the current Congressional session, American software developers could once again face criminal prosecution simply for publishing code. The warning, posted directly to X on May 27, 2026, frames the legislation as an existential line for crypto development in the United States.

"If the Clarity Act doesn't pass this Congress, American software developers will be targeted again for prosecution in the near future just for publishing code. These are the stakes," Lummis wrote — a direct reference to enforcement actions like the Tornado Cash developer prosecutions that sent a chill through the open-source crypto community.