The Supreme Court could announce as early as Monday that it's revisiting qualified immunity, a doctrine that shields rotten cops from civil rights lawsuits.
Several courts have invalidated elements of state shelter-in-place orders. Constitutional law Professor Josh Blackman says that the longer they continue, the less legal they become.
So much for the First Amendment.
Thank god for the First Amendment and the feuds among powerful politicians and platforms that will keep free speech alive.
Plus: unrest in Minneapolis, Twitter labels Trump tweet, and more...
Fortunately, the Florida Court of Appeal reversed the order.
Police departments exist to protect people's persons and property. The Minneapolis Police Department has failed to do either.
"Good faith," "otherwise objectionable," and more.
Government action protecting speech must itself be viewpoint-neutral, I think -- and this makes it much less likely that such viewpoint discrimination requirements will indeed be adopted.
Weak reforms to the government’s power to secretly snoop on Americans wasn’t enough for the president. What happens next?
Plus: the weird new battle lines on warrantless surveillance, more CDC incompetence, Minneapolis on fire, and more…
National security journalist Barton Gellman talks about "the surveillance-industrial state," the possibility of a Biden presidency or a second Trump term, and his gripping new book.
Barton Gellman's new book is a riveting account of exposing NSA excesses to the light of the day.
Sen. Wyden withdraws support for amendment due to fears it has been weakened too much.
Plus: Police brutality protest in Minnesota ends in more police brutality, and more...
The House will consider a surveillance reform proposal that failed in the Senate by just one vote.
Will they keep it in mind even if Joe Biden becomes president?
Plus: Supreme Court considers church reopenings, GOP proposes back-to-work bonuses, Libertarian Party picks 2020 ticket, and more...
"The answer to that question is clear."
The Wyden-Daines Amendment would've prohibited warrantless monitoring of web activity, but it lost by one vote in the Senate. Will Nancy Pelosi bring it back in the House?
Court hearings may be physically closed to the public for health reasons, if the public can watch them via video.
"The Court's belief in the veracity of Wright's testimony dwindled while the trial progressed, as evidence of her inconsistent and questionable conduct was revealed piece by piece.... She lied about her advanced degrees. She signed e-mails as Dr. Wright when she is not a doctor. Her testimony and medical records conflicted time and time again ...."
It’s all about the revenue. Civil forfeiture brings in money, and lawmakers are more worried about their budgets than residents’ due process and property rights.
New legislation proposed in Beijing signals the likely end of the "one country, two systems" policy that has allowed Hong Kong to flourish.
Seems right to me, at least as a general matter.
On crime, drugs, immigration, and foreign policy, his 44-year policy record is a cautionary tale of bipartisanship in response to perceived crises.
Plus: Virginia decriminalizes marijuana, it's not Trump's call whether we close the country again, and more…
But permanent injunctions after a full trial on the merits might be a different story.
Friday A/V Club: Great moments from the C-SPAN archive
The idea is not so far-fetched.
The ruling says the state's top health official exceeded her statutory authority by ordering "nonessential" businesses to close.
Allowing schools and malls to reopen, but not places of worship, would raise civil rights issues
Courts are beginning to recognize that public health powers, while broad, are not a blank check.
But the high court may consider other cases that could overturn the outrageous legal doctrine.
Hamas "used and relied on" Facebook "as among its most important tools to facilitate and carry out its terrorist activity," the plaintiffs claimed.
The FBI and attorney general want to ruin everybody's data security and draft Apple into compromising your safety.
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