Hello readers! I know that the unseasonably cold weather might be getting you down, but I come bearing good news. This past Wednesday, March 26, the Supreme Court unanimously decided in United States v. Castleman that it is now a crime for people co...
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Hello readers! I know that the unseasonably cold weather might be getting you down, but I come bearing good news. This past Wednesday, March 26, the Supreme Court unanimously decided in United States v. Castleman that it is now a crime for people co...
Since I first wrote about the U.S. government’s (“USG”) bulk collection of telephony metadata in September, public understanding of the program has changed dramatically. Dozens of opinions, orders and thousands of pages of court and...
Since I first wrote about the U.S. government’s (“USG”) bulk collection of telephony metadata in September, public understanding of the program has changed dramatically. Dozens of opinions, orders and thousands of pages of court and...
As Angela Merkel knows, United States authorities have a tricky relationship with phone privacy. After revelations of ongoing tapping of the Chancellor’s mobile phone, President Obama assured Merkel that her phone is no longer monitored by U.S....
As Angela Merkel knows, United States authorities have a tricky relationship with phone privacy. After revelations of ongoing tapping of the Chancellor’s mobile phone, President Obama assured Merkel that her phone is no longer monitored by U.S....
Donald Verrilli, Jr., Solicitor General of the United States. U.S. Gov’t Work, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain. The implications of the Snowden disclosures continued to permeate the federal judiciary Wednesday with the filing of a motion in U....
Donald Verrilli, Jr., Solicitor General of the United States. U.S. Gov’t Work, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain. The implications of the Snowden disclosures continued to permeate the federal judiciary Wednesday with the filing of a motion in U....
Hello, readers, and welcome to 2014, where everything is made up and the points don’t matter! Just kidding, we aren’t living in an episode of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?”, though there have certainly been some surreal judicial moments throughou...
Hello, readers, and welcome to 2014, where everything is made up and the points don’t matter! Just kidding, we aren’t living in an episode of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?”, though there have certainly been some surreal judicial moments throughou...
It is good to be back after last week’s live-blogging interlude. Only later did I come to know the real reason I was tasked for the assignment: the now infamous and then-still-plausible Commissioner Kelly event was scheduled to take place at the sa...
It is good to be back after last week’s live-blogging interlude. Only later did I come to know the real reason I was tasked for the assignment: the now infamous and then-still-plausible Commissioner Kelly event was scheduled to take place at the sa...
Let us turn to the legal questions posed by another of this summer’s intelligence disclosures, concerning data collection pursuant to Section 702 (“§702”) of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008. §702, which authorizes the U.S. government to targe...
Let us turn to the legal questions posed by another of this summer’s intelligence disclosures, concerning data collection pursuant to Section 702 (“§702”) of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008. §702, which authorizes the U.S. government to targe...
Welcome back, readers, and happy September! Regardless of whether one is returning to school, fall seems to mark a turning point in the year. Those of us in the Northern Hemisphere say goodbye to warm weather and long evenings, and the fall foliage s...
Welcome back, readers, and happy September! Regardless of whether one is returning to school, fall seems to mark a turning point in the year. Those of us in the Northern Hemisphere say goodbye to warm weather and long evenings, and the fall foliage s...
Bill Belichick often implores his players to “ignore the noise.” Unfortunately, the noise surrounding this summer’s disclosures about the intelligence gathering activities of the U.S. government (“USG”) has obscured thei...
Bill Belichick often implores his players to “ignore the noise.” Unfortunately, the noise surrounding this summer’s disclosures about the intelligence gathering activities of the U.S. government (“USG”) has obscured thei...
Following its new trend of Police Case Tuesdays, on February 26, the Supreme Court dealt with yet another case about warrant rights and police powers under the Fourth Amendment. Unlike last week, when the Court handed down decisions for Florida v. H...
Following its new trend of Police Case Tuesdays, on February 26, the Supreme Court dealt with yet another case about warrant rights and police powers under the Fourth Amendment. Unlike last week, when the Court handed down decisions for Florida v. H...
To continue with last week’s theme of “recently-heard Supreme Court cases that have to do with the way the American police force operates,” this week I’m taking a look at two cases for which the Supreme Court handed down decisions yesterday, ...
To continue with last week’s theme of “recently-heard Supreme Court cases that have to do with the way the American police force operates,” this week I’m taking a look at two cases for which the Supreme Court handed down decisions yesterday, ...
Hello, readers! I understand that the Internet is abuzz with dissections of and discussions about President Obama’s State of the Union Address (and the subsequent responses from both the Republican Party and, surprisingly, the Tea Party); however, ...
Hello, readers! I understand that the Internet is abuzz with dissections of and discussions about President Obama’s State of the Union Address (and the subsequent responses from both the Republican Party and, surprisingly, the Tea Party); however, ...