James Draper reprots: The mother of a Kilgore High School senior is suing the school and several of its employees in federal court, alleging that her daughter’s right to privacy was violated when she was forced to disclose her sexual orientation. The Texas Civil Rights Project, based out of Austin, is handling the suit pro…
Category: Court
Judge Slaps Government’s Wrist For Illegal Wiretap
David Kravets wraps up the Al-Haramain case, covered previously on this blog: A federal judge on Tuesday awarded $20,400 each to two American lawyers illegally wiretapped by the Bush administration, and granted their counsel $2.5 million for the costs litigating the case for more than four years. It was the first and likely only lawsuit…
Oral Argument Set in EPIC Lawsuit to Suspend Airport Body Scanners
From EPIC.org: The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has scheduled oral argument in EPIC’s case, No. 10-1157, against the Department of Homeland Security. The court set a March 10, 2011 date for the parties to present oral argument before the Court. EPIC filed suit against the Department of Homeland Security…
Government’s answer to my lawsuit: Deny everything, and claim that nobody has any rights
Ed Hasbrouck writes: Where has your PNR data gone? The U.S. government has filed its initial answer to my lawsuit against U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for illegally withholding records of its travel surveillance system, and an initial procedural hearing in the case has been scheduled for Thursday, January 6, 2011, at 10 a.m. in San Francisco. The answer filed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in…