Divorces are getting really nasty over in the UK. Now in today’s news, another divorce case, this one involving the use of stolen documents. Frances Gibb reports: Two brothers who stole 20,000 documents to help their sister in her divorce from her multimillionaire husband lodged a landmark appeal yesterday for the right to use them…
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U.S. Supreme Court: Justices might like national ID card
Michael Kirkland of UPI reports: Americans are facing the prospect, some say the specter, of a national ID card. At least one civil liberties advocate warns the proposed card would bring government “into the very center of our lives.” The card — part of a much larger Democratic proposal in Congress for immigration reform revealed…
Colo. High Court Issues Seven Opinions, Four On Warrantless Searches
The Colorado Supreme Court released seven opinions on Monday, four of which related to Arizona v. Gant, a 2009 U.S. Supreme Court decision that raised the standards for warrantless vehicular searches conducted after the vehicle’s occupants have been arrested and secured. Perez v. People. The Supreme Court, in a 5-2 decision reversing the Court of…
Data retention challenged by Digital Rights Ireland
Jim Kollock writes: Following rulings in Germany, Bulgaria and Romania that the Data Retention Directive is unconstitutional, Digital Rights Ireland have been given permission to challenge it in the European Court of Justice. The Directive requires your ISP to record details of what emails you send to whom, along with the IP address given to…