Dianne Feinstein, Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI), Mar. 11, 2014: [I have] grave concerns that the CIA's search [of Senate computers] … may have undermined the constitutional framework essential to effective congressional oversight of intelligence activities…
"Flat-out ridiculous and un-American bullshit" is probably the lead quote from Insane Clown Posse's press conference about the June 30 decision dismissing its lawsuit against the FBI for classifying its fans as a "gang" (Washington Post). Violent J wasn't talking…
Something seems very wrong here, because the report is that the Supreme Court has unanimously held in Riley v. California (NYT, SCOTUSblog, opinion) that the police need to get a warrant before rummaging through the cellphone of someone they've arrested. Have…
As you may recall, after John Brennan showed TSA agents in Portland he didn't have a bomb by taking off his clothes, they got all upset about it and charges were filed. See "TSA: Wants to See You Naked, Complains When You Get…
Not whether to make the Holy Bible the official state book, or whether that would be constitutional. They were arguing about *which* Holy Bible to use.
When I was researching South Carolina law for purposes of these posts about the video-rental case, I came across this act and thought, you know, the title of that thing could use a little editing: AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE…
He didn't use exactly those words, and the words weren't originally his. But he did retweet and explicitly agree with the following: This is getting a lot more attention than it otherwise might because the tweeter, Joshua Black, is currently…
As you may recall, the rap duo Insane Clown Posse and its fans, known as "Juggalos," have been up in arms for a while now because of the FBI's decision to classify Juggalos as "a loosely organized hybrid gang." See "Legal…
There are lots of posts out there about the horrifying Eckert case (including mine), and lots of them are good, but you should definitely read this one posted today by Ken White at Popehat, entitled "What Is The Quantum of Proof Necessary…
Via Reason.com, here's the complaint in Eckert v. City of Deming, which I also wrote about yesterday. In general the KBO News report summarized it correctly, but there are some additional facts alleged here (in addition to more horrible details of…