Chuck Lindell reports: Blunting state enforcement of the Open Beaches Act, a 51-year-old law meant to preserve public access to the shoreline, the Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday that state officials cannot seize private property that suddenly moves onto public beaches because of erosion from hurricanes or storms. The 6-2 ruling means state officials can…
Category: Court
MT: Court tosses another conviction over warrantless recording
It’s nice to see the courts not making excuses for warrantless searches. I suspect Montana law enforcement will be more careful about warrants after having two cases tossed in relatively short order. Sanjay Talwani reports: For the second time in a month, the Montana Supreme Court has thrown out a conviction because prosecutors used recordings…
Why did DOJ argue that consumers read and understand privacy policies? Are they ignorant or just unethical?
Over on Slight Paranoia, Chis Soghoian takes the DOJ out to the woodshed for its brief in In the Matter of the Application of the United States of America for an Order Authorizing the Use Of a Pen Register and Trap and Trace Device and Authorizing Release of Subscriber and Other Information. In that brief,…
Log Cabin Republicans ask SCOTUS to lift stay that keeps DADT in effect
Lyle Denniston reports: A gay rights group, renewing its challenge to the military’s “don’t ask/don’t tell” policy against gays in the services, asked the Supreme Court on Friday afternoon to block that ban as the test case over its constitutionality moves on in lower federal courts. Specifically, the Log Cabin Republicans urged the Court to…