Lyle Denniston has another insightful analysis and commentary on SCOTUSBlog over today’s oral arguments: When the Supreme Court meets in private Friday to discuss Snyder v. Phelps, a profound question will hang over the discussion: Can we put aside our emotional reaction? If the answer, implicit or otherwise, is no, then the case is over, and…
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State Dept. employee indicted for snooping in celebs’ passport files
What — yet ANOTHER case of a State Department employee snooping in passport records? I’m glad there’s an indictment, but what about better prevention? Kieran Crowley reports: A US State Department clerk has been indicted for using her government computer to gather personal information on more than a hundred celebrities and their families — including…
High court struggles with funeral protest case (update 1)
Mark Sherman of The Associated Press provides early coverage from today’s Supreme Court hearing pitting free speech and freedom of religion claims of the Westboro Baptist Church against claims of right to privacy by the grieving family of a slain Marine in the Snyder v. Phelps case: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said the question is…
Give us the encryption key so we can find evidence against you
The sentencing of 19-year old Oliver Drage for refusal to provide his encryption key has generated a lot of discussion. Drage was suspected of having child porn on his computer but apparently has not been tried or convicted on those charges — possibly because law enforcement couldn’t access what they suspect is the evidence on…