Canadian attorney Michael Power has an interesting article about border searches involving electronic devices that compares the Canadian courts to U.S. law. He writes, in part: The United States has a formal policy on the subject of laptop border searches readily available; Canada doesn’t. We do, however, have case law. In R. v. Simmons, the Supreme Court…
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MI: Flint eyes drug tests for public housing
Kim Kozlowski reports: Flint’s public housing authority, in an effort to fight crime in the projects, is considering a requirement for all current and prospective residents to take a drug test to keep their federally subsidized apartments. Flint Housing Commission Executive Rodney Slaughter said he wants a drug-testing program modeled after the city of Indianapolis,…
Pointer: Orin Kerr’s commentary on yesterday’s Third Circuit decision
Orin Kerr writes: A while back, I blogged at length about the Third Circuit’s pending case involving government access to historical cell-site records. The issue in the case is what legal standard the government must satisfy to obtain orders requiring phone companies to disclose such information. The district court had ruled that a warrant was required,…
Nl: US to gain access to national register
A new intergovernmental agreement would allow US authorities access to the Danish DNA and fingerprints registers in the hunt for criminals and potential terrorists. According to TV2 News, Lars Barfoed, the justice minister, has sent a draft of the agreement to parliament’s legal committee for approval. The move goes against the recommendations of national information…