The Feds Don’t Need To Tell You Or Get A Warrant To Collect Your Emails And Phone Records
In reality, the government can obtain electronic communication records without taking any extraordinary measures. There are very few limitations on this congressional power.
DOJ Lawsuit Demands Names Of All People Who Use This App For Their Gun
Creeping government control is nothing new, but the DOJ’s recent disregard for the Second and Fourth Amendments shows old protections against abuses of power will wear thin without public vigilance.
How To Talk To Your Kids About Their Rights If They’re Ever Stopped By The Police
Here’s how to talk to your children about their rights, how to show respect to the police, and the hard truth that officers sometimes abuse their power.
Here’s The Libertarian Case For Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court Nomination
Libertarians aren’t going to agree with Kavanaugh on everything—we don’t agree on everything ourselves!—but he’s a big step forward for constitutional liberty.
In Ruling That Taking Cell Data Requires A Warrant, SCOTUS Stole Congress’s Job Again
In Friday’s split decision, the justices reversed the lower courts and held that to obtain historic cell-site information from third-party providers, the government must obtain a warrant.
Banning Trump From Blocking People On Twitter Is Bad Law And Bad Politics
It sounds like a joke, but the laughter stopped when a federal judge ruled Wednesday that Trump’s actions violated the First Amendment and declared it must cease.
Instead Of Overregulating Tech, Grant People Ownership Of Their Data
If tech regulations are not carefully constructed, they could reduce quality for consumers, fail to encourage competition, and prove a bigger burden to startups than established behemoths.
Supreme Court To Decide Whether You Own Your Own Data
The justices shouldn’t extend law enforcement’s reach beyond our borders. More importantly, Congress needs to update a 30-year-old law for the digital age.
Why Congress Shouldn’t Expand Intelligence Agencies’ Power To Spy On Americans
What will it take for some Republicans to stop blindly supporting the federal government’s most powerful bureaucracy?
12 Reasons Congress Shouldn’t Make Lifelong Surveillance The Price Of Citizenship
Republican leaders are sponsoring three bills that would expand the U.S. surveillance state under the guise of improving education and government efficiency.
Why The Supreme Court Should Say Privacy Rights Include People’s Data
The Supreme Court should protect our telecom data from being wrongly seized. It should recognize this data as the property of telecom users and require a warrant before it is seized.
Supreme Court To Hear Most Important Fourth Amendment Case In A Generation
Should government be able to seize your smartphone and other private digital information without a warrant and use it against you?
Why Creating A National ID System Would Threaten Americans’ Privacy And Security
The proposition that the federal government should be entrusted with even more information on citizens is a bit of a high-stakes gamble.
Supreme Court Considers Whether Police Can Arrest People They Merely Assume Are Breaking The Law
SCOTUS is hearing a case today that involves the complex and often-misinterpreted Fourth Amendment: District of Columbia v. Wesby.
Until We Update Surveillance Laws, Government Can Snoop On Your Phone And Email At Will
While the ECPA Modernization Act is by no means a cure-all for the erosion of privacy rights in America, it certainly would move the nation in the right direction.
Did The FBI Use Garbage Opposition Research To Spy On An American?
The FBI spied on a Trump associate. Do they have evidence that Trump colluded with Russians, or was this a rampant abuse of power?
If TSA Can’t Keep Us Safe, Why Are We Letting Them Harass Us?
If TSA searches often violate the Fourth Amendment without yielding security benefits to the country, they need to make changes to their safety procedures.
Democrats: We Shall Overcome The Constitution
Nothing ignites the passions of Democrats these days quite like the prospect of gutting the Constitution.
The Real Sins Of Edward Snowden
Wired’s sprawling piece on Edward Snowden is revelatory. It also a reminder that it is completely reasonable to hold conflicting views about his actions.
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