Bob Egelko reports: The U.S. Constitution does not outlaw sex discrimination or discrimination based on sexual orientation, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia told a law school audience in San Francisco on Friday. “If the current society wants to outlaw discrimination by sex, you have legislatures,” Scalia said during a 90-minute question-and-answer session with a professor…
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WA: Yelm man denies hacking
Jeremy Pawloski reports: Lacey police arrested a Yelm man Thursday on suspicion of felony computer trespass and stalking after he allegedly hacked his ex-wife’s Facebook account and posted nude pictures of her on the online social network, where her friends and relatives could see them. Read more in the News Tribune. The charges are just…
N.J. High Court to Review if Web Posters Can Invoke Shield Law
Michael Booth writes: The state Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether a blogger sued for defamation over her postings on an internet bulletin board can raise New Jersey’s statutory protection of news reporters’ sources and editorial processes. A trial judge and the Appellate Division have said no, finding the privilege inapplicable to online posters…
Court Sends Hospital Wiretap Case to Trial
Joseph Celentino reports: A lawsuit accusing a hospital worker of secretly recording a conversation in which her co-workers criticized hospital administration is headed to trial. The 7th Circuit said the claims “boil down to a swearing contest and should not have been resolved on summary judgment.” The federal appeals panel in Chicago overturned a federal…