Russian parliament members on Friday voted for a bill that forces online search engines to remove search results about a person at that person's request. The new law will allow a person to request that...
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Federal appeals court hears arguments in NSA surveillance case
A three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday heard oral arguments in a case challenging the National Security Agency's (NSA) phone data surveillance program. Prior to oral arguments,...
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Tuesday heard oral arguments about the National Security Agency (NSA) practice of collecting millions of Americans' phone records. The three-judge panel criticized the...
Obama signs intelligence bill increasing protections for whistleblowers
US President Barack Obama on Monday signed into law legislation concerning spending for the US intelligence community that increases protections for intelligence agency whistleblowers. The bipartisan legislation authorizes $564 million in spending over five...
Senator Rand Paul's Lawsuit Has a Good Chance of Success on the Merits
Ronald Sievert, University of Texas School of Law
US Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against President Barack Obama, the Director of National Intelligence, the director of the NSA, and the director of the FBI challenging the constitutionality of...
Federal judge rules panhandling ban in Maine unconstitutional
The United States District Court of Maine ruled on Wednesday that a city ordinance banning people from panhandling in median strips of streets was unconstitutional. US District Judge George Singal found that the...
DOJ brings fraud charges on background check firm that cleared Snowden
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday filed a lawsuit alleging fraud against the background check firm, United States Investigations Services (USIS) . USIS was contracted by the DOJ to perform background checks on...