Charlie Butts writes: The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear a case lodged against Fred Phelps and other members of his church over protests at military funerals. Phelps’ protesters suggest soldiers are dying in Iraq and Afghanistan because God is punishing America for tolerance of the homosexual lifestyle. The high court will hear…
Category: Court
Class Riled Up at Classmates.com
June Williams reports: To compete with Facebook, Classmates.com is abandoning the privacy protections it promised its clients, according to a class action in Federal Court. The class claims the new policy “will expose the personal information of Classmates users to millions of persons who are unknown to both the users and to Classmates,” exposing Classmates…
Supreme Court to take up background checks
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that I’ve been following on PogoWasRight.org since 2007. From SCOTUS blog: In another case bearing on claims of privacy, the Court Monday added to its decision docket a case involving the broad issue of whether the Constitution protects a “right of informational privacy” — that is,…
Meredith Emerson Death Photos: Hustler Magazine Request Denied
Jon Azpiri reports: Authorities have denied Hustler Magazine’s request for access to Meredith Emerson crime scene photos. The adult magazine wanted access to photos of a decaptitated, nude Meredith Emerson, the young woman who was murdered by Gary Michael Hilton while hiking in Georgia. On February 25, Hustler reporter Fred Rosen asked for the Meredith…