Longform.org: “Stories about the cases that wind through the Old Supreme Court Chamber and the justices who have shaped its legacy.” To Have and to Hold – Sex, the Constitution, and the Supreme Court. Jill Lepore – New Yorker May 2015 The Case of Sacco And Vanzetti – Analysis of the trial from future Supreme… Continue Reading
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NSO Group malware used to hack iPhones stolen by company employee
Motherboard: NSO Group Employee Allegedly Stole Company’s Powerful Spyware for Personal Profit “NSO Group sells some of the most potent, off-the-shelf malware for remotely breaking into smartphones. Some versions allow a law enforcement or intelligence agency to steal essentially all meaningful data from an iPhone with no interaction from the target. Others just require the… Continue Reading
Scott Pruitt Resigns as EPA Administrator and judge orders document production on his climate change claims
Scientific American – Judge Orders EPA to Produce Science behind Pruitt’s Warming Claims – The EPA head [who resigned on July 5, 2018] has suggested humans are not the main cause of climate change: “EPA must produce the opposing body of science Administrator Scott Pruitt has relied upon to claim that humans are not the primary… Continue Reading
8 Ideas for Better Court wayfinding
Open Law Lab / Margaret: “For the court user testing I am working on at the Legal Design Lab, we have been testing different ideas to make court process more navigable — getting litigants’feedback and agenda on them. Now, we will turn to a more specific branch of innovation ideas, around how to improve wayfinding… Continue Reading
Lawmakers support union lawsuits against executive orders
FCW.com: “A group of four current and former lawmakers are supporting federal unions’ lawsuits against the trio of executive orders aimed at making it easier to fire federal employee and restricting union activity. The lawmakers — current Reps. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) and Peter King (R-N.Y.) and former Reps. William Clay (D-Mo.) and Jim Leach (R-Iowa) — filed… Continue Reading
The A.C.L.U. vs. Trump: 170 Legal Actions (So Far)
The New York Times: “A lawsuit filed on behalf of families separated at the U.S. border was just the latest defiance against the Trump administration by the civil-liberties group… On Nov. 9, 2016, millions of voters woke desperate for something that might quell their anxiety that this was the beginning of the end of democracy… Continue Reading
President’s Selection of a Nominee for a Supreme Court Vacancy: Overview
EveryCRSReport.com – President’s Selection of a Nominee for a Supreme Court Vacancy: Overview, June 27, 2018: “On June 27, 2018, Justice Anthony Kennedy, after serving on the Supreme Court as an Associate Justice since 1988, announced his intention to retire from the U.S. Supreme Court. Justice Kennedy indicated that his retirement would be effective July… Continue Reading
Federal and State Wiretaps Skyrocket in Trump’s First Year
DCReport.com: Law Enforcement Sought 3,800 Taps—Not One Request Rejected—And It’s Not All Drug Dealers, David Cay Johnston: “The number of court-approved federal wiretaps rose 30% during Donald Trump’s first year in office, the latest indicator sign of how his administration is shifting our government from facilitating a healthy society into something closer to a police… Continue Reading
NYT – How conservatives weaponized the First Amendment
How conservatives weaponized the First Amendment: “…The Citizens United campaign finance case, for instance, was decided on free-speech grounds, with the five-justice conservative majority ruling that the First Amendment protects unlimited campaign spending by corporations. The government, the majority said, has no business regulating political speech. The dissenters responded that the First Amendment did not… Continue Reading
Free Law Project Trump’s Supreme Court List
“On June 27, 2018, Associate Justice Kennedy informed President Trump that he would be retiring from the Supreme Court effective July 31st. In response to this announcement, President Trump stated that his next Supreme Court nomination would come from his existing list of potential Supreme Court justices. In our Judge and Appointment database, we have compiled… Continue Reading
Supreme Court in 5-4 ruling backs Trumps travel ban
AP: “A sharply divided Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld President Donald Trump’s ban on travel from several mostly Muslim countries. The majority opinion rejected the notion that the ban discriminates against Muslims or exceeds presidential authority. In writing the majority opinion, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote: “We express no view on the soundness of the… Continue Reading
Digital Searches, the Fourth Amendment, and the Magistrates’ Revolt
Berman, Emily, Digital Searches, the Fourth Amendment, and the Magistrates’ Revolt (May 30, 2018). Emory Law Journal, Forthcoming. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3187612 “Searches of electronically stored information present a Fourth Amendment challenge. It is often impossible for investigators to identify and collect, at the time a warrant is executed, only the specific data whose seizure… Continue Reading
