Orin Kerr writes: In Georgia v. Randolph, the Supreme Court held that the government cannot search the premises based on the consent of one occupant if another occupant of the same premises is present and objects to the search. The Third Circuit recently decided an interesting question: Does Randolph apply to a seizure of a…
Category: U.S.
FBI will be allowed to view webcam images in Lower Merion case
The Associated Press reports that the judge in the Lower Merion School District webcam case says that the FBI can view computer evidence gathered through a lawsuit by the family of one student that accuses the district of electronically spying on students. Although a number of blogs I’ve read in the past few weeks seemed…
U.S. Supreme Court: Justices might like national ID card
Michael Kirkland of UPI reports: Americans are facing the prospect, some say the specter, of a national ID card. At least one civil liberties advocate warns the proposed card would bring government “into the very center of our lives.” The card — part of a much larger Democratic proposal in Congress for immigration reform revealed…
Your Email Is Not Private (On One Side of the Hudson)
Adam B. writes: … NYC doctor’s office. Doctor installs keystroke logging software on an office computer and doesn’t tell anyone, and tells an employee to only use that computer. Doctor uses the results of the keystroke logging software to log into the employee’s personal email account, review emails, print out some of them, and emails…