FourthAmendment.com points us to an essay by Joseph R. Stromberg on the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE). Here’s how it begins: “All arrests are at the peril of the party making them.” —Alexander H. Stephens, August 27, 1863 These days the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution means next to nothing. Consider, for example, the choice…
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Petraeus and Privacy: Did We Overreact?
For a different perspective on the Petraeus-Broadwell-Kelley-Allen case, read Derek Bambauer’s blog post on Info/Law. Here’s a snippet: I’ll be candid: the privacy community has a growing tendency to cry wolf. That is fine for advocates, but it risks conflating real issues and threats (warrantless wiretapping, use of drones domestically, surveillance for national security purposes domestically) with sensational…
Judge orders women in sexual harassment case to hand over cell phones, email and Facebook passwords
Emil Protalinski writes: Back in September, a US judge ruled that a school district violated the First Amendment (freedom of speech) and Fourth Amendment (unreasonable search and seizure) rights of a 12-year-old student by forcing her to hand over her Facebook password to school officials who in turn used it to search for messages they deemed inappropriate….
TX: Student Suspended for Refusing to Wear a School-Issued RFID Tracker
Well, we knew this was coming… David Kravets reports: A Texas high school student is being suspended for refusing to wear a student ID card implanted with a radio-frequency identification chip. Northside Independent School District in San Antonio began issuing the RFID-chip-laden student-body cards when the semester began in the fall. The ID badge has…