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…
Category: U.S.
Immigration reform could lead to biometric Social Security card
Antonio Olivo reports that problems with the E-verify system have led two senators to proposed biometric SSN cards – to the consternation of privacy and civil liberties groups: … Two U.S. senators prominent in immigration reform efforts have proposed that all Americans be issued biometric Social Security cards, containing data from either a fingerprint or…
Missouri considers restricting access to court records
Chris Blank reports: More information about people involved in the court system could be kept private under new rules being considered by a committee of Missouri judges. The changes would cover civil and criminal cases and affect the release of personal information through the state court system’s online Casenet public database. Under the proposed rules,…
NYC appeals court hears challenge to wiretap law
Larry Neumeister reports: A civil rights lawyer asked a federal appeals court Friday to restore a lawsuit challenging a law that lets the United States eavesdrop on overseas conversations. A government lawyer disagreed, saying a lower court got it right. The verbal tug-of-war proceeded before a three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of…