Associated Press reports: A federal anti-terrorism program has drawn North Jersey deeper into the practice of hidden surveillance, equipping police departments with high-tech cameras, infrared technology and automatic license plate readers to keep tabs on people as they travel to local reservoirs, financial hubs and malls. […] Homeland Security’s representative in New Jersey, citing national…
The Fourth Amendment and Faulty Originalism
FourthAmendment.com points us to an essay by Joseph R. Stromberg on the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE). Here’s how it begins: “All arrests are at the peril of the party making them.” —Alexander H. Stephens, August 27, 1863 These days the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution means next to nothing. Consider, for example, the choice…
Uzbekistan To Create National DNA Database
RIA Novosti reports: Uzbekistan will create a national DNA database to help track and fight crime, a spokesperson for the country’s Legislative Chamber told RIA Novosti Friday. The parliament is expected to formulate a law “on genetic registration,” which will establish a legal basis for the collection and storage of citizens’ biological samples, by 2013….
Three Recent Telephone Consumer Protection Act Cases Illustrate Divergent Treatment of Similar Conduct
Andrew Hoffman summarizes three recent TCPA cases: Pinkard v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., In re Jiffy Lube International, Inc., Text Spam Litigation, and McNamara v. Royal Bank of Scotland Group, PLC – and their somewhat conflicting rulings. Read his commentary on InformationLawGroup.