Fourth Amendment
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Airplanes / Aviation, Privacy, Travel / Vacation
The TSA Needs to Inspect Your Airport Coffee -- Yes, The Cup You Bought AFTER Going Through Security
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Crime, Drugs, Music, Police, Quote of the Day, Rap
Quote of the Day: I Got 99 Problems and the Fourth Amendment is One
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Quote of the Day, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Television, Thomas Goldstein
Quote of the Day: Strip Searches Are Funny on Cable TV
Tom Goldstein of SCOTUSblog goes on the Daily Show to discuss goings-on at the Supreme Court. What does he predict will happen in the Affordable Care Act aka Obamacare case?
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Antonin Scalia, Privacy, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court
Breaking: SCOTUS Rules in Highly Anticipated GPS Tracking Case
Yesterday, the Supreme Court just handed down a unanimous ruling in one of the most closely watched cases of the year. All the justices agreed on the result, but diverged significantly in reasoning. The central issue in US v. Jones was whether attaching a GPS device to a car (i.e., allowing law enforcement 24/7 access to a person's movements), without obtaining a warrant first, violated the Fourth Amendment. What did the justices say? The ruling might surprise you.... -
Crime, Drugs, Privacy, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
SCOTUS Not Psyched About Idea Of Government Secretly Putting GPS Trackers On Their Cars
The Supreme Court justices were decked out in their usual black robes today for U.S. vs Jones [pdf], a case involving the question of whether police need a warrant to attach a GPS tracker to someone’s car. But given their paranoia about possible technology-enabled government intrusions on privacy, it might not have been surprising if […] -
Antitrust, Biglaw, Divorce Train Wrecks, Drugs, Guns / Firearms, Morning Docket, Oral Sex / Blow Jobs, Solo Practitioners
Morning Docket: 10.25.11
* Cloudy with a chance of dismissal for Steve Sunshine, Sprint’s Skaddenite. During oral argument, a judge reminded him that antitrust law didn’t exist to protect competitors. [Wall Street Journal] * Oh, the things you’ll argue to get around a motion to dismiss: Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s accuser now contends that diplomatic immunity isn’t a pass for […]
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Cyberlaw, Federal Government, Google / Search Engines, Privacy, Technology
If the Government Wants Your Email, It Gets Your Email
We've been talking a lot recently about the secretly authorized stuff our government does to us -- like killing us, or molesting us at airports. Here's another one for the list: digging through our emails or Twitter feeds or cell phone data, without probable cause, our permission, or our knowledge. How does the U.S. government circumvent basic probable cause and search warrant requirements when it wants electronic information? Let's see.... -
Constitutional Law, Craigslist, Crime, Facebook, Police, Rank Stupidity, Technology
You Want to Click That Mouse? Bite Me, Get a Warrant!
Before we get to the meat of this story, let’s quickly state the obvious: if you plan to commit a violent crime, you probably should not post details about it on Facebook or Craigslist. If you simply must tell the Interwebs of your devious agenda, it’s probably best to close the incriminating window ASAP, so […] - Sponsored
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American Bar Association / ABA, Antitrust, Crime, Deaths, Fast Food, Fat People, Food, Job Searches, Law Schools, Mergers and Acquisitions, Money, Morning Docket, Murder, SCOTUS, Technology
Morning Docket: 09.12.11
* In November, the Supreme Court will decide whether our Fourth Amendment rights come subject to advances in technology. I, for one, welcome our new Orwellian overlords. [New York Times] * What do you get when two wireless carriers with craptastic coverage and service that goes down more than a porn star have plans to […]
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Airplanes / Aviation, Constitutional Law, Federal Judges, Privacy, Travel / Vacation
Two Minutes of Terrorist Triumph: Alone With the TSA
Elie Mystal's objections to the TSA and the invasive search techniques they employ have been well documented on Above the Law. He believes their tactics are violative of our rights and would be deemed unconstitutional in any America where courts placed justice ahead of fear. He believes citizens who support these procedures do not deserve the liberty they so eagerly toss aside. And he believed all of that before he was actually molested by the TSA just last week.... -
Breasts, Constitutional Law, Drinking, Facebook, Job Searches, Money, Morning Docket, Pets
Morning Docket: 08.31.11
* You don’t have the right to get half naked in an airport to protest the TSA’s policies. Aaron Tobey’s lawsuit has been stripped of its Fourth Amendment claims following a dismissal. [Washington Post] * Paul Ceglia has to give Facebook every email he’s exchanged since 2003. If Ceglia’s like most men, lawyers at Gibson […]
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Airplanes / Aviation, Anal Sex / Butt Sex, Masturbation, Morning Docket, Perverts, Sex Scandals, Shoes
Morning Docket: 08.11.11
* A judge will soon rule in the Aaron Tobey case. If you don’t remember, he’s the kid who stripped at the airport to protest the TSA. Because that wasn’t going to cause a scene. [Washington Post] * Diallo plans to introduce evidence of DSK’s alleged global history of sexual assaults at trial. The man’s […]
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9th Circuit, Alex Kozinski, Constitutional Law, Email Scandals, Federal Judges, Media and Journalism, Privacy, Technology
Judge Alex Kozinski and his Famous Law Clerk, Stephanie Grace, Say The Fourth Amendment is Dead
The Honorable Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and one of his law clerks have penned a eulogy for the Fourth Amendment. It’s been murdered, Judge Kozinski and Stephanie Grace write in an editorial for The Daily, and you all are the guilty culprits. You’ve put a […]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 05.17.11
* Starbucks sued for not being nice to dwarfs. I propose to fix this by offering a dwarf-sized coffee that is the volume of a full-sized dwarf. That way, everybody would learn that dwarfs might be small in stature but huge if you had to drink one. [ABA Journal] * Happy is the lawyer who […] -
Eric Holder, Marijuana, Morning Docket, Pregnancy / Paternity, Sports, Technology
Morning Docket: 04.18.11
* Apple was hit with a lawsuit by parents angry that their credit cards were being used by their stupid kids to buy dumb swag in iPhone games. [Time] * An Italian fortune, an American woman, and the suggestion that paternity sometimes cannot be forcefully established by the simple query “Who dat is?” [New York […]
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Cellphones, Constitutional Law, Drugs, Privacy, Technology
On Why It's Better To Be A Drug Dealer in Ohio Than in California
As a place to live, California has a lot going for it: the Pacific Ocean, pleasant weather, celeb spottings. But if you’re concerned about the police perusing the contents of your smartphone without a warrant, you might prefer to spend your time further east, in the Buckeye State. The Supreme Courts of California and Ohio […] -
6th Circuit, Police, Privacy, Technology
Sex Pill Peddler Makes It Hard for the Po-Po to Peep at Your Email
Thanks to a huge decision out of the Sixth Circuit, your email and the Fourth Amendment just got better acquainted. The police need to get a warrant to take a peek at the contents of someone’s inbox, writes Judge Danny Boggs — once rumored to be on the SCOTUS shortlist — in the court’s opinion […] -
Airplanes / Aviation, Constitutional Law, Hotties, Videos
Slightly Crazy Blonde Disrobes for TSA
I’m surprised we’re not seeing more of this. As TSA continues to scan and/or feel-up everybody who gets on a plane, raising questions under the Fourth Amendment, an Oklahoman woman stripped down to her underwear to prove a point. According to a report by News 9 – Oklahoma, Dr. Tammy Banovac, 52, arrived at the […] -
Constitutional Law, Pornography, Privacy, Technology
Child Porn Found by the Geek Squad Can and Will Be Used Against You in a Court of Law
Tech-savvy people who love porn seem to know that one can avoid trouble by keeping the dirty stuff on an external hard drive (an effective tactic, except if you’re an SEC lawyer). Non-tech-savvy people don’t think about this. And those same people are the types who take their laptops to the Geek Squad when they […] -
9th Circuit, Alex Kozinski, Cars, Constitutional Law, Diarmuid O'Scannlain, Federal Judges, Technology
Judge Kozinski Doesn't Track with the Ninth Circuit on GPS and the Fourth AmendmentCalls his fellow judges 'cultural elitists' when it comes to privacy.
A user’s manual that’s 200+ years old can be difficult to apply to modern technologies. Thus, it’s been a challenge for judges interpreting the Fourth Amendment as it applies to police surveillance via GPS tracking devices on cars. There has been a plethora of precedents set across the country as to whether slapping a GPS […]