Supreme Courts Blesses Warrantless Surveillance of Citizens in a Kafkaesque Farce

by Eileen | 9:40 pm, February 26, 2013

In a 5-4 ruling with Alito writing for the majority, SCOTUS upheld warrantless wiretaps of Americans, provided the government states it has a good faith belief the citizen is speaking to a foreign national involved in terrorism. Plainly, provided they can keep a straight face while claiming they thought your pen pal was an al’Qaeda [...]

Policy from a Politically Manipulative Fantasyland: the TSA’s Latest Bid for All Your Data

by Eileen | 5:06 am, January 12, 2013

The TSA is trying to resurrect a terrible program that been deservedly thwarted since its post-9/11 conception.  It was CAPPS, then CAPPS II, then Secure Flight.  Under all those guises, the goal was the aggregate any and all commercially available datasets into a behemoth database and then generate unique ‘aviation risk profiles’ for any airline [...]

Ihre Papiere or GTFO: Micro-tracking students in Texas survives legal challenge

by Eileen | 5:18 pm, January 9, 2013

Some of you are perhaps aware of a case in San Antonio, Texas where a student, a minor at a public school, refused to wear an ID tag embedded with an RFID chip.  With her parents’ support, she sued, taking the interesting legal angle that such a requirement violated her religious freedom.  Specifically, Andrea Hernandez [...]

Ritter Would Pick Replacements Of Any Judges Voted Out In November Election

by Laura Victoria | 3:37 pm, October 29, 2010

As confirmed to me by the judicial branch almost three months ago, current Colorado Democratic governor Bill Ritter would name any replacements of judges not retained in Tuesday’s election.  (See, Article VI, Section 20 of the state constitution).  Now that … Continue reading →

Legal Quote Of The Week: E.B. White On Obstruction Of Justice

by Laura Victoria | 12:44 pm, October 7, 2010

OK.  The quote is from 1973 – so it’s not exactly from this week, but I just saw it. Regardless, this  New York Times Op Ed from grammarian par excellence and Charlotte’s Web author E.B. White, couldn’t be more timely … Continue reading →

Federal Judge Walker Will Lift Stay on Gay Marriages: California May Resume Same-Sex Marriages August 18 – UPDATED With Pdf of Order

by Laura Victoria | 2:04 pm, August 12, 2010

Vaughn Walker, the San Francisco Federal Judge who overturned as unconstitutional California’s voter approved Proposition 8, has now agreed to lift the stay on his ruling effective August 18.  Unless the opponents of same sex marriage obtain an appellate reversal … Continue reading →

Colo. Republican Ali Hasan Supports Ground Zero Mosque: ‘Muslims for Bush’ Founder Attacks Opponents As “Bigots”

by Laura Victoria | 2:24 am, August 4, 2010

Wealthy Colorado Republican health care scion, Muhammad Ali Hasan, wrote an op-ed in the Huffington Post Tuesday supporting the building of the controversial mega-Mosque next door to Ground Zero, the site of the  9-11 World Trade Center attacks.  Hasan, the founder … Continue reading →

Judge Bolton’s Opinion and Order Blocking Key Parts of Arizona Immigration Law – UPDATED

by Laura Victoria | 12:37 pm, July 28, 2010

Here is the complete, 36-page opinion and order by District Court Judge Susan Bolton striking down and blocking key portions of Arizona’s controversial immigration law.   The court invalidated the following provisions of the Arizona law, S.B. 1070,  stating they … Continue reading →

Judge Issues Injunction Blocking Key Portions of AZ Immigration Law – Breaking and Updated

by Laura Victoria | 11:47 am, July 28, 2010

U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton has issued an injunction blocking key portions of Arizona’s controversial immigration law, including the provision that allowed police to ask about immigration status based on reasonable suspicion a person may be illegal.  Updated: The … Continue reading →

Black Panther Voter Intimidation Prosecutor Resigns Justice Dept.: Failure to Prosecute Part of Pattern Of Obama Hostility Towards Racial Neutrality in Civil Rights

by Laura Victoria | 2:30 pm, July 5, 2010

A top-level, career prosecutor with the U.S. Department of Justice, J. Christian Adams,  has resigned his post in protest against alleged racially biased enforcement of federal voting rights laws under Obama Attorney General, Eric Holder.  The final straw was “untruthful” … Continue reading →

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