Brad Dicken reports on a case in Ohio where a police officer is suing over what he claims was an illegal search and seizure: Former Lorain police officer Joseph Montelon sued the city, Lorain Police Chief Cel Rivera and two other police officers in federal court on Friday, accusing them of violating his constitutional rights…
Category: Court
Orin Kerr discussed GPS Tracking on C-SPAN
Orin Kerr was on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal program this morning discussing GPS surveillance and the Fourth Amendment. You can watch the interview on C-SPAN’s site, here. If you’re interested in this topic, it’s a great interview to watch as Orin touches on a number of cases and how different courts have reached different conclusions about…
Privacy Protection in China – Latest Developments
Matthew Murphy of the Gerson Lehrman Group provides an analysis: This article looks at a recent Chinese court decision which extended the application of Article 253 of the PRC Criminal Law to common citizens in China. Until this decision was issued, come commentators had thought that Article 253 was limited to the actions of employees of…
Woman files lawsuit over campaign mailing
Matt Thacker reports on a case that demonstrates just how low some people will stoop in a political campaign. Emphasis in the excerpt added by me: The adult daughter of Clark County Commissioner Mike Moore has filed a lawsuit against Citizens for Decency in Government for political mailings sent out prior to the May primary…