Supreme Court places National Security Agency above the.
by Samantha A. Peetros, BORDC. Yesterday, the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) decided, in a monumental 5-4 case, that the secrecy of government surveillance can perversely insulate dragnet warrantless wiretapping��.
Encrypted email Lavabit used by Snowden shuts to avoid.
Now in the midst of an escalating fight from the federal government aimed at cracking down on encrypted communications, one of the last free and secure services has thrown in the towel under mysterious circumstances.. comes two months after Snowden - a former analyst at intelligence contractor Booz Allen Hamilton - revealed himself to be the source of leaked NSA documents disclosing vast surveillance programs operated by the United States government.
News Roundup and Notes: April 16, 2015
U.S.-led airstrikes continue. Coalition military forces carried out six airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Syria between 8am April 14 and 8am April 15. Separately, coalition military forces conducted 17 strikes against targets in Iraq.
���Almost Orwellian���: US Judge Indicts NSA Spying | Global.
In his ruling, Judge Leon, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, said of the NSAs ���metadata��� surveillance program: ���I cannot imagine a more indiscriminate and arbitrary invasion than this systematic and high-tech collection. He ridiculed the governments claim that a 1979 US Supreme Court decision involving the police obtaining phone records of a robbery suspect over a two-day period could somehow serve as precedent legalizing the wholesale��.
Federal Court Strikes Down Obama DOJs State Secrets.
In what can only be described as a significant ruling, Judge Jeffrey White in the Northern California District (CAND) has rejected the federal governments, via the Obama and Holder Department of Justice, assertion of state secrets privilege in the case of Jewel v. National Security. Given the multiple public disclosures of information regarding the surveillance program, the Court does not find that the very subject matter of the suits constitutes a state secret. Just as in��.
US labour: High stakes on low pay
The impetus for the surveillance comes from protests planned on Wednesday in more than 200 cities by activists seeking an increase in pay to $15 an hour for McDonalds and other low-income workers. Funded by the Service Employees International Union.
Headlines for February 27, 2013 | Democracy Now!
The Supreme Court has ruled a group of human rights organizations and journalists cannot challenge the governments warrantless domestic surveillance program because they cant prove they are among its targets.. Union and a coalition of human rights groups and journalists filed the lawsuit in 2008 hours after President Bush signed amendments granting the government almost unchecked power to monitor the international phone calls and emails of Americans.
The Domestic Surveillance Boom, From Bush to Obama.
The 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act prohibits the government from eavesdropping inside the United States without first getting a warrant from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, also known as the FISA court. October. May 11: USA Today reports that the NSA has been tracking tens of millions of Americans phone calls using data provided by ATandT, Verizon, and BellSouth. May 25:. (An appeals court upholds the ruling in December 2011.) On the��.
Judge Strikes Down NSA Spying Program And Labels It.
nsa phone orwellian judge A federal judge handed civil liberties groups a landmark victory Monday, issuing an injunction against the National Security Agencys phone surveillance program in a scathing ruling that labeled the agencys actions ���almost-Orwellian��� and unconstitutional.. He cited a Supreme Court ruling that said justices ���must assure preservation of that degree of privacy against government that existed when the Fourth Amendment was adopted.. Like us on Facebook��.
Will the Supreme Court Tell Us Our Vote Doesnt Really Matter?
The more liberal justices on the court, including Sonia Sotomayor and Stephen Breyer, seemed to indicate through their questioning that they believe voters when they pass initiatives are part of the legislative process. ���We need to show a lot of.
Edward Snowden: Supreme Court Will Strike Down NSA Spying Programs
October 11, 2014 Fugitive leaker Edward Snowden said Saturday he believes the Supreme Court will review the legality of the U.S. governments mass surveillance programs and ultimately find them unconstitutional. These programs themselves are .
White House Press Briefing by Josh Earnest, April 29, 2015
The President, earlier today, spoke with Prime Minister Sushil Koirala of Nepal to convey the deep condolences of the American people for the loss of life and massive destruction caused by the April 25th earthquake in Nepal. They discussed the. We.
Appeals Court Strikes Down SEC Proxy Access Rule - The.
Updated 4:39 p.m. A federal appeals court in Washington today struck down a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rule that would have made it easier for shareholders of publicly traded companies to nominate corporate directors. The U.S. Court of Appeals.. Its also a reminder to government agencies generally of the importance of carefully considering regulations costs and benefits, under Dodd-Frank or any other federal program.��� Posted by Mike Scarcella��.
Appeals court strikes down governments phone surveillance program
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit in New York said the program exceeds the scope of what Congress has authorized under the Patriot Act, which the government had long maintained permitted that massive data collection. The courts 96-page .
Relentless: Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills chases a killer
Just a quarter mile up U.S. 441 from a Horton Homes and a Huddle House, its facade of muted peach, vanilla, and gray split-faced concrete block was no doubt meant to hide the fact that the place doubles as the county lockup.. run out of strikes.
Hard National Security Choices
In other surveillance news, a decision by a U.S. circuit court released yesterday could, Wired writes, allow law enforcement to monitor the whereabouts of individuals cell phones without a warrant. The decision by the 11th Circuit (which Wells linked.
The American Scholar: The Embattled First Amendment.
The Supreme Court is interpreting free speech in new ways that threaten our democracy.. of us, and Im glad that the Supreme Court struck that law down. Despite the differences in our politics, I share Mr. Caplans disdain for��.
Appeals Court Is Urged to Strike Down Program for Collecting Phone Records
The three judges on the panel for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ��� Stephen Williams, Janice Rogers Brown and David Sentelle, all conservative Republican appointees ��� sometimes strained to keep the arguments focused.
Civil Liberties and Law in the Era of Surveillance �� Stanford.
Today, more than 70 percent of police departments in the U.S. use some form of ALPR, recording thousands of plate numbers daily with cameras mounted on patrol cars and at key traffic areas such as highway overpasses and street lamps... Separately, the ACLU filed a lawsuit (now before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals) that challenges the governments program of collecting phone records of all Americans under the Patriot Act. ���Its the first suit that hasnt been��.
For surveillance program, a lifeline ��� and limbo - Jonathan.
Judge William Pauley IIIs Friday decision to dismiss an American Civil Liberties Union request for an injunction against Director of National Intelligence James Clapper buttresses the governments contention that sweeping up data associated with nearly every call to, from, and within the United. ���I think no ruling that either strikes down or upholds the entire surveillance program will be affirmed by the Supreme Court,��� Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz said.
The Monitoring of Our Phone Calls? Government Spooks.
The Washington Post and Guardian report today that the NSA is tapping directly into the central servers of 9 leading U.S. Internet companies ��� including Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, PalTalk, AOL, Skype, YouTube, Apple, and soon Dropbox ��� and extracting audio,. Two Democratic Senators, Ron Wyden and Mark Udall, have been warning for years that Americans would be ���stunned��� to learn what the US government is doing in terms of secret surveillance.
Law Professors to Supreme Court: NSA Surveillance.
These fourteen law scholars recently filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court that seeks to strike down the Foreign Surveillance Intelligence Courts authorization for the National Security Agency to collect daily cellphone records ��� so-called ���telephony metadata��� ��� from Verizon customers.. The scholars amicus brief contends that the Patriot Act does not allow the government to assess the relevance of the phone calls after already collecting such data.
Appeals court skeptical of government phone surveillance
In a case that could be headed to the Supreme Court, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit voiced concern about the reach of the National Security Agency s phone surveillance program, which gathers information about.
Colorado Asks Supreme Court To Toss Marijuana Lawsuit Filed By Nebraska.
The Colorado Attorney Generals Office on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to throw out a lawsuit filed by Nebraska and Oklahoma that contends Colorados legalization of marijuana is causing an increase in drug crimes in their states. Attorney.
Supreme Court Obamacare Arguments Offer Small Hints Of Outcome
WASHINGTON -- A lawsuit challenging the Affordable Care Act received a serious hearing at the Supreme Court Wednesday as lawyers from both sides faced tough questioning from justices, making it difficult to predict how the court will rule and whether.
Government Surveillance Cannot Be Challenged, Says.
In late February, the Supreme Court ruled that, if you object to this invasion of your privacy, if you find it a ���search and seizure��� violation of the 4th Amendment, you are denied any recourse of challenging the government in court. The plaintiffs in the.. And if the government will never admit to the existence of the NSA program of total surveillance, who can have ���standing��� in court to strike down this entirely illegal and unconstitutional surveillance. The government has��.
Breaking: Supreme Court strikes down formula that puts.
A 5-4 majority struck down a key provision today requiring Texas and eight other states with a history of discrimination to seek federal approval for changes in election rules. WASHINGTON ��� The US Supreme Court has��.
IPL 8 Virat Kohli Mitchell Starc guide RCB to nine wicket win over Royals
Ahmedabad: Skipper Virat Kohli blasted his second successive fifty and pacer Mitchell Starc snapped three wickets as Royal Challengers Bangalore notched up a comprehensive nine-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals in their IPL encounter here on Friday.
Supreme Court Wont Consider Challenge To Wisconsin Voter ID Law
���The Supreme Courts decision is a huge step backward for our democracy,��� Advancement Project Co-Director Penda D. Hair said in a statement Monday. ���The 300,000 registered Wisconsin voters who lack the limited forms of photo ID needed to vote in .
Gamble and live forever in the new Atlantic City
Straub is escorting three young, attractive horse-show promoters. These guys are important for us, he says as he sends them off on a tour of the facilities. Horse-related events appeal to Straub because of the insane markup and profit margin.
Unstated Factor in Iran Talks: Threat of Nuclear Tampering
Investigators uncovered an Iranian businessmans scheme to buy specialty aluminum tubing, a type the United States bans for export to Iran because it can be used in centrifuges that enrich uranium, the exact machines at the center of negotiations.
Supreme Court strikes down Florida law that set strict IQ.
The Supreme Court today ruled that states cannot rely on IQ tests alone to gauge whether death row inmates are intellectually disabled and thus eligible to avoid execution. Todays decision impacts borderline cases where a��.