Jack Bouboushian reports: A nonprofit group claims Naperville is rushing to install “smart” meters that wirelessly broadcast information about consumers’ electricity use despite privacy concerns – and is not offering residents a viable alternative. Naperville Smart Meter Awareness sued the City of Naperville in Federal Court. Naperville, pop. 145,000, 28 miles west of Chicago, is…
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CA: School Counselor Need Not Tell Parent of Child’s Pregnancy
Kenneth Ofgan reports: A school counselor may inform a parent or principal that a student is pregnant or has had an abortion, in order to prevent a clear and present health or safety danger, but is not required to do so and cannot be held liable for not doing so, California Attorney General Kamala D….
U.S. Supreme Court Asked To Decide Whether Florida Police K-9 Violates Constitution
Curt Anderson reports: Franky the drug dog’s super-sensitive nose is at the heart of a question being put to the U.S. Supreme Court: Does a police K-9’s sniff outside a house give officers the right to get a search warrant for illegal drugs, or is the sniff itself an unconstitutional search? Florida’s highest state court…
MO: FBI Didn’t Need Warrant for GPS, Judge Says
While SCOTUS deliberates whether law enforcement needs a warrant to attach a GPS device to your car, Joe Harris reports that in the meantime, another federal court has ruled that no warrant was required: The FBI did not need a warrant to secretly install a GPS tracking device on a St. Louis City Treasurer’s Office…