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Category Archives: Courts
TRAC – Number of ICE Detainers Drops by 19 Percent
Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse: “Very timely month-by-month data from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) show that the immigration “detainers” issued by the agency are declining, according to information obtained under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) at Syracuse University. The detainers are notices issued by ICE and other… Continue Reading
Racial Violence Civil Rights Convictions for 2013
Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse: “The latest available data from the Justice Department show that during the first eight months of FY 2013 the government reported 11 new convictions under the program category of civil rights — racial violence. If this activity continues at the same pace, the annual total of convictions will be 17 for… Continue Reading
Life Span of U.S. Supreme Court Citation Containing an Internet Link
Liebler, Raizel and Liebert, June (2013) Something Rotten in the State of Legal Citation: The Life Span of a United States Supreme Court Citation Containing an Internet Link (1996-2010), Yale Journal of Law and Technology: Vol. 15: Iss. 2, Article 2. “Citations are the cornerstone upon which judicial opinions and law review articles stand. Within… Continue Reading
Detroit Bankruptcy is Largest Chapter 9 Filing in U.S. History
Via FindLaw – “The city of Detroit’s recent bankruptcy filing made it the the largest U.S. city in history to seek Chapter 9 protection. The filing (attached below) came in the face of $18.5 billion in debt to creditors and unions. Detroit has seemingly tapped out its tax base, with no further ability to tax… Continue Reading
Microsoft – Responding to government legal demands for customer data
Posted by Brad Smith General Counsel & Executive Vice President, Legal & Corporate Affairs, Microsoft “[July 16, 2013] we have asked the Attorney General of the United States to personally take action to permit Microsoft and other companies to share publicly more complete information about how we handle national security requests for customer information. We… Continue Reading
Coaltion of Good Government Groups Urge US Attorney General to Release Reports on Telephone Surveillance
“[On July 8, 2013] the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), along with 22 other good-government groups, sent a letter to the US Department of Justice urging Attorney General Eric Holder to make public any reports by Inspector General Michael Horowitz regarding the collection of Americans’ telephone records under Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act.… Continue Reading
EPIC Files Supreme Court Petition, Challenges Domestic Surveillance Program
“EPIC has filed a Petition with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the Court vacate an unlawful order by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court that enables the collection of all domestic phone record by the NSA. The order, directed to Verizon, requires the production of all “call detail records” for calls made “wholly within the United… Continue Reading
LA Times Editorial – Privacy and the FISA court
“Though most Americans have little idea what it does, the FISA court is extremely influential. Thanks to a leak by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, we now know that it was the FISA court that decided, in a secret opinion, that the telephone records of millions of Americans could be acquired and stored… Continue Reading
EPIC Speaks to Oversight Board, Former Judge Questions FISC
“EPIC, in a prepared statement, addressed the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board regarding NSA surveillance under the Patriot Act and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act at day long workshop. Retired Judge James Robertson, who served on the FISA Court, told the panel that he was “stunned” by the news that the government was collecting… Continue Reading
Report – Federal Judicial Vacancies: The Trial Courts
Federal Judicial Vacancies: The Trial Courts – July 2, 2013. Brennan Center for Justice. “Unusually high judicial vacancy levels coupled with unprecedented workloads are burdening federal district courts like never before. Judicial vacancies have remained uniquely high throughout Barack Obama’s presidency, with annual vacancies averaging significantly higher than those experienced during George W. Bush’s presidency.… Continue Reading
EPIC Files Supreme Court Petition, Challenges Domestic Surveillance Program
“EPIC has filed a Petition with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the Court vacate an unlawful order by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court that enables the collection of all domestic phone record by the NSA. The order, directed to Verizon, requires the production of all “call detail records” for calls made “wholly within the United… Continue Reading
