Over on Concurring Opinions, Jon Siegel blogs that Jon Gosselin, formerly of “Jon & Kate Plus 8,” may have gone too far in claiming that he can have television crews arrested if they enter the house he jointly owns with Kate: Jon Gosselin and his wife had a “reality” TV show about their life with…
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Travolta, Letterman testify about extortion plots
Both John Travolta and David Letterman have been the targets of extortion attempts, and both men have gone public and testified against the alleged extortionists. In Travolta’s case, Liz McNeil and Siobhan Morrissey of PEOPLE magazine explain that the plot began with the tragedy of Travolta’s son’s death in their Bahaman home. Tarino Lightbourn, an…
The courts and privacy
A New York Times editorial in today’s paper looks at whether the majority is still as free as it had been to impose its morality through the law: […] The Alabama Supreme Court sided with the 11th Circuit court. “Public morality,” the majority said, “can still serve as a legitimate rational basis for regulating commercial…
Lawmakers Cave to FBI in Patriot Act Debate
David Kravets reports: Powerful Senate leaders on Thursday bowed to FBI concerns that adding privacy protections to an expiring provision of the Patriot Act could jeopardize “ongoing” terror investigations. The Patriot Act was adopted six weeks after the 2001 terror attacks, and greatly expanded the government’s power to intrude into the private lives of Americans…