Joshua Rhett Miller reports: A 10-year-old North Carolina boy whose parents say he was traumatized when strip-searched by an assistant principal have sued district officials, alleging a violation of the boy’s constitutional protection from unreasonable searches and seizures. In an 11-page complaint, Clarinda and Lionel Shawn Cox allege their son, Justin, was searched for a missing…
Category: U.S.
Maryland School District Drops Palm Scanners after Outcry
A Maryland school district has suspended its biometrics program after receiving pressure from the public and a civil liberties group. The superintendent of Carroll County schools said the new palm scanner program is dividing the community and that’s not his intent. The Rutherford Institute called on the school system to drop the program. Read more…
Obama Administration Rushes “Creepy Black Box” Mandate on All New Car Buyers
Press release from the National Center for Public Policy Research: National Center Adjunct Fellow Horace Cooper is condemning the decision by the Obama Administration to bypass Congress and implement its automobile “black box” mandate administratively. The Department of Transportation has announced a proposed rule to require Event Data Recorders (EDRs) in 100% of all light vehicles sold in…
Stop Congress from Reauthorizing the FISA Amendments Act, a Warrantless Spying Bill
Rainey Reitman writes: We could be celebrating the New Year by ripping out the fiber optic cables that are sending copies of all our emails to the National Security Agency. But instead, Congress is planning on ringing in 2013 by re-authorizing parts of the FISA Amendments Act, the controversial 2008 bill that allows Americans speaking…