Patrick Marley reports: The state’s ban on gay marriage should be tossed aside because lawmakers did not take the right steps to amend the Wisconsin Constitution, a lawyer argued Tuesday before the state Supreme Court. Voters must be asked separately about every change proposed to the constitution, attorney Lester Pines argued. But in 2006 they…
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Maine vote repeals gay marriage law
Michael Falcone reports: Maine voters on Tuesday repealed a state law granting same-sex couples the right to marry, defeating an effort by gay activists who hoped the state would become the first to approve gay marriage at the polls. Nearly 53 percent of voters opted to throw out a same-sex marriage law passed by the…
New York Court Scores Over Oregon In Recent Email Privacy Opinions
Jennifer Granick of the Electronic Frontier Foundation provides some legal analysis of recent court decisions involving stored email communications. Last week, two new district court opinions took opposing views on the question of whether the Fourth Amendment protects stored email. One of the cases easily adopted the prevailing view that the Constitution protects electronic communications,…
As Congress Considers State Secrets Reform, Obama Admin Tries to Shut Down Yet Another Warrantless Wiretapping Lawsuit
Kevin Bankston of the Electronic Frontier Foundation comments on the Obama administration’s recent filing in Shubert v. Bush. Attorney General Holder’s public statement about the reason for their position was reported here. Bankston writes: In a Court filing late Friday night, the Obama Administration attempted to dress up in new clothes its embrace of one…