Federal officials improperly seized a list of 104 Major League Baseball players who tested positive for steroids in 2003, the 9th Circuit ruled. Agents had a search warrant for drug-test results for 10 players, but found a list of 104 players who had tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003. Officials used the longer list…
Michigan Supreme Court permits judges to ban religious headscarves
The Michigan Supreme Court has permitted lower courts to use “reasonable control” over the appearance of those who arrive in court, effectively allowing judges to ban certain religious clothing. In an order [text, PDF] issued Tuesday, the court amended the Michigan Rules of Evidence [text, PDF], motivated by the 2006 case of Ginnah Muhammad. Muhammad…
And then there were 6
The Associated Press reports that a sixth former State Department employee has pleaded guilty to snooping celebrity passports. Karal Busch admitted that she looked at the passport applications of more than 64 people out of curiosity. Earlier this week Kevin M. Young also pleaded guilty to unauthorized access.
New fast-track P2P clampdown proposals announced
According to the Guardian and reports this morning, Government officials today have announced that they intend to put in place a strong clamp down on illicit file sharing to ‘support’ record and film industries they wrongly believe are threatened. This is the wrong moment to go in this direction. Online music revenues are going up,…