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6 days agoCourt Orders California Sheriff to Release Personnel Records in Watchdog Investigation | KQED
The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office must comply with subpoenas issued by the county's civilian oversight board as part of a whistleblower investigation into alleged misconduct, a state appeals court ruled Thursday.
California
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5 days agoIrrelevant?' Justice Alito Grills ACLU Lawyer Over Key Precedent in Citizenship Case
Ask any American what our citizenship rule is and they'll tell you, everyone born here is a citizen alike. That rule was enshrined in the 14th Amendment to put it out of reach of any government official to destroy.
Social justice
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4 days agoAfter the release of the Epstein files, why have there been so few arrests?
The more than 3 million pages of documents include accusations by alleged victims of Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell's abuse and thousands of emails and photos showing Epstein associated with prominent figures.
Law
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
1 day agoJudge Blocks Trump's Demand for Admissions Data in 17 States
The ruling found that while the Trump administration has 'the basic authority' to collect and analyze admissions data disaggregated by race and gender, they do not possess the authority to do so under the circumstances presented here, given the arbitrary and capricious nature in which the ACTS was promulgated.
US politics
US politics
fromLos Angeles Times
4 days ago'Amateur hour at the U.S. attorney's office': L.A. prosecutors face more losses in protest cases
Prosecutors faced significant challenges in two separate trials for assault on federal officers in Los Angeles, with one case potentially dismissed due to discovery issues.
US news
fromThe Washington Post
3 weeks agoDid Trump cuts slow access to public records? We found 26 cases that say yes.
Federal workforce reductions have severely impaired agencies' ability to comply with Freedom of Information Act requests, with at least 13 agencies citing staffing cuts as reasons for missing FOIA deadlines in court.
Privacy professionals
fromWIRED
3 weeks agoUS Lawmakers Move to Kill the FBI's Warrantless Wiretap Access
Bipartisan Congress members introduced legislation requiring FBI warrants for backdoor searches of Americans' communications, aligning with a 2025 federal court ruling against warrantless surveillance practices.
Media industry
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months agoDeeply Concerning': Top WaPo Editor Rips Extraordinary, Aggressive' Search of Reporter's Home
FBI agents searched Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson's home and seized electronic devices while investigating a contractor accused of retaining classified materials.
Information security
fromEmptywheel
2 months agoI Con the Record Admits All This Spying Also Serves Counterintelligence
The Intelligence Community uses online anonymity and networking tools to collect foreign intelligence, including counterintelligence and cybersecurity, while asserting legal limits on targeting US citizens.
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Privacy professionals
fromElectronic Frontier Foundation
1 month agoEFF to Third Circuit: Electronic Device Searches at the Border Require a Warrant
EFF and ACLU filed an amicus brief arguing that border searches of electronic devices require warrants under the Fourth Amendment, citing increasing warrantless searches at borders.
Privacy professionals
fromElectronic Frontier Foundation
1 month agoEFF to Third Circuit: Electronic Device Searches at the Border Require a Warrant
EFF and ACLU filed an amicus brief arguing that border searches of electronic devices require warrants under the Fourth Amendment, citing increasing warrantless searches at borders.
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks agoICE agents reveal daily arrest quotas and surveillance app in rare court testimony
ICE agents in Oregon used a custom app called Elite to target neighborhoods and maintained daily arrest quotas, contradicting DHS claims of no quotas, as revealed in federal court testimony.
US news
fromPoynter
2 months agoRecording immigration agents in public is a constitutional right. Here's what the law says. - Poynter
Recording immigration agents in public is protected but contested, with federal claims of criminality clashing with First Amendment protections and courts questioning DHS policies.
US news
fromThe Mercury News
2 months agoSan Jose latest city to face questions whether federal authorities are accessing police license plate camera data
San Jose police allowed other California and federal authorities to search ALPR camera data, risking violations of California laws protecting residents and immigrants from tracking.
Privacy professionals
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months agoMountain View police say feds accessed license-plate data without permission
Federal agencies accessed Mountain View's Flock Safety license-plate camera data without the police department's permission, prompting the chief to disable the cameras.
fromThe Atlantic
2 months agoThe Court Case That Is Allowing ICE to Stop Just About Anyone It Wants
In 1996, the Supreme Court decided Whren v. United States, which came about when plainclothes vice officers patrolling in the District of Columbia passed a truck in a "high drug" area and "their suspicions were aroused." They had a hunch that the truck was involved in a drug operation. They chose to wait until it had violated a traffic ordinance (turning without a signal) and then used that violation as an excuse to stop the truck. In the course of searching the truck, they found crack cocaine.
Law
fromEmptywheel
2 months agoWarrants for Innocent People Are Not Like Warrants for Suspects
As you know, Section 215 authorities are not interpreted in the same way that grand jury subpoena authorities are, and we are concerned that when Justice Department officials suggest that the two authorities are 'analogous' they provide the public with a false understanding of how surveillance is interpreted in practice.
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months agoAmericans Should be Terrified': Senate Dem Sounds the Alarm On ICE Breaking Down Doors' Without Warrants
And we just got this new information overnight. The Associated Press was the first to report that ICE is changing its policy. And it is now allowing its agents to forcibly enter homes without a warrant, and I just want to be clear, based solely on a more narrow administrative warrant to arrest someone on a final order of removal. Do you think this sharp turn from ICE's policy and from normal policing tactics is a violation of the Constitution's Fourth Amendment?
US politics
US politics
fromTechCrunch
1 month agoHomeland Security reportedly sent hundreds of subpoenas seeking to unmask anti-ICE accounts | TechCrunch
DHS increasingly uses administrative subpoenas to compel tech platforms to identify anonymous social media accounts that criticize ICE or reveal locations of ICE agents.
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