The Illinois Senate today passed a bill that significantly changes how adoption records are handled by the state. The House passed the bill last month, and Gov. Pat Quinn is expected to sign it into law. The bill, HB5428, removes the current automatic confidentiality a birth mother receives when giving a child up for adoption….
Category: U.S.
Coalition Petitions Homeland Security to Suspend Airport Body Scanners
From EPIC: EPIC and a broad coalition of organizations sent a formal petition to the Department of Homeland Security to demand that the agency suspend the airport body scanner program. The petition states that the “uniquely intrusive search” is unreasonable and violates the Constitution. The petition further states the program fails to comply with several…
EPIC Demands Release of Classified Answers on Privacy and Internet Standards from Cyber Command Nominee
From EPIC: EPIC has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the National Security Agency (NSA) seeking the “classified supplement” that Director Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander filed with his answers to questions from the Senate Armed Services Committee regarding his nomination to be the Commander of the newly formed United States Cyber Command. Several…
Applying the Fourth Amendment to the Internet: A General Approach
A new article by Orin Kerr to add to my must-read list: Applying the Fourth Amendment to the Internet: A General Approach, 62 Stan. L. Rev. 1005 (2010). The Abstract: This Article offers a general framework for applying the Fourth Amendment to the Internet. It assumes that courts will seek a technology-neutral translation of Fourth…