Julian Sanchez provides more food for thought: …. Several fascinating recent papers, however, have instead argued that the root of the trouble with current Fourth Amendment doctrine is the very idea that the prohibition on “unreasonable searches” must be viewed primarily through the lens of privacy. If we consider public surveillance camera networks, or some…
Category: Court
9th Circuit’s Troubling New State Secrets Decision Demonstrates Need for Reform
Cindy Cohn of EFF writes: The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, ruling en banc in a case called Mohamed v. Jeppesen Dataplan, yesterday adopted the Bush and Obama Administration’s joint Executive Branch power grab in the form of the state secrets privilege. The Court, in a 6-5 en banc ruling, dismissed a case brought by victims…
Privacy group sues to get records about NSA-Google relationship
Ken Dilanian of the L.A. Times reports on EPIC’s lawsuit to obtain documents relating to the relationship between the NSA and Google, as reported earlier today on this blog. “As of 2009, Gmail had roughly 146 million monthly users, all of whom would be affected by any relationship between the NSA and Google,” the privacy…
Company Hit With $459 Million Judgment Over ‘Junk Fax’ Transmissions
Greg Land reports: A now-defunct home improvement company has been hit with a $459 million “junk fax” judgment following a four-hour bench trial, said plaintiffs attorney Marc B. Hershovitz. The case, originally filed in 2003, targeted American Home Services Inc. for sending unsolicited fax advertisements to 306,000 class members in violation of the Telephone Consumer…