Tag Archives: Bill of Rights

Georgia City Imprisoning Traffic Offenders With Unaffordable Fixed Bail

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“The City of Calhoun, Georgia, adopted a scheme by which bail was set to a pre-determined amount, resulting in Maurice Walker being held in jail for nearly 2 weeks on misdemeanor public drunkenness charges. Walker challenged detention on behalf of himself and those similarly situated, including persons held for traffic offenses.”

Read more: https://fee.org/articles/this-unfair-money-bail-scheme-gets-the-challenge-it-deserves/

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Supreme court cellphone case puts free speech – not just privacy – at risk

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“On Wednesday, the supreme court will consider whether the government must obtain a warrant before accessing the rich trove of data that cellphone providers collect about cellphone users’ movements. Among scholars and campaigners, there is broad agreement that the case could yield the most consequential privacy ruling in a generation.  Less appreciated is the significance of the case for rights protected by the first amendment.”

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/27/supreme-court-cellphone-data-carpenter-first-amendment

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U.S. Coast Guard operating secret floating prisons in Pacific Ocean

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“Coast Guard officials say they can do this because the drug smugglers aren’t under arrest until they reach U.S. shores, but some of the worst cases are drawing criticism even from Coast Guard officials.  Many families, in fact, believe that their loved ones — husbands, fathers, sons — had disappeared.”

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/11/28/u-s-coast-guard-operating-secret-floating-prisons-pacific-ocean/900462001/

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Georgia high schoolers win $3M settlement over fruitless drug sweep

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“Each Worth County High School student will receive between $1,000 and $6,000, but students who attorneys say suffered more invasive violations will receive higher amounts.  Hobby’s attorney, Raleigh Rollins, said the settlement will be paid through the county’s insurance policy rather than directly from public funds.”

Read more: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2017/11/15/Ga-high-school-students-win-3-million-settlement-after-invasive-drug-search/8931510724847/

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Nervous About Traffic Stops? I Am. You Should Be, Too

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“The problem, of course, is what to do when compliance is not enough.”

Read more: https://rutherford.org/publications_resources/john_whiteheads_commentary/nervous_about_traffic_stops_i_am._you_should_be_too

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Congress poised to jam through reauthorization of mass surveillance

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“The current authorization for Section 702 expires on December 31, and it’s the first time Congress has faced this reauthorization since Edward Snowden’s earth-shattering disclosures about the National Security Agency’s mass surveillance apparatus. Committees in the Senate and House have competing proposals to reauthorize the program. But with the clock running out, Congress once again appears to be poised to jam through reauthorization.”

Read more: http://thehill.com/opinion/cybersecurity/361875-congress-poised-to-jam-through-reauthorization-of-mass-surveillance

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Florida Upholds Town’s Ban on Eating Front-Yard Vegetables

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“Hermine and Tom had used their front-yard garden to grow vegetables and other plants for 17 years. Miami Shores told Hermine and Tom to destroy their garden or face fines of $50 per day. Unable to bear the cost of the fines, they dug up their garden.  In today’s decision, the court upheld the vegetable ban, concluding that it is rational for government to ban ‘the cultivation of plants to be eaten as part of a meal, as opposed to the cultivation of plants for ornamental reasons.'”

Read more: http://ij.org/press-release/florida-appellate-court-upholds-ban-front-yard-vegetable-gardens/

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The Secret Billion Dollar Tax You’ve Never Heard About

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“Unclaimed property is one of the fastest growing sources for state revenue, and many believe that most unclaimed property is not reported.  The lucrative silence surrounding unclaimed property has shifted from business entities, prior to the enactment of unclaimed property laws, to the current lucrative silence that allows unclaimed property to become a vital source of revenue for state governments.”

Read more: https://fee.org/articles/the-secret-billion-dollar-tax-youve-never-heard-about/

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Federal judge says St. Louis police targeted protesters for retaliation

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“Police made mass arrests that swept up journalists, onlookers and even a black undercover officer, who was reportedly beaten. This also seems like one of those ‘How would we view this if it happened in another country?’ moments. A judge just found the police guilty of using chemical agents on protesters because those protesters were criticizing the police.”

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2017/11/16/federal-judge-says-st-louis-police-department-targeted-protesters-for-retaliation/

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Lawsuit Seeks To Eliminate Warrantless Border Electronics Searches

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“The EFF and ACLU are among the civil liberties groups that believe CBP and ICE are overstepping their powers through their electronic device searches. The groups recently filed a lawsuit in federal court on behalf of several U.S. citizens whose devices were searched and/or detained. The EFF/ACLU lawsuit regularly references the disconnect between these border searches and any evidence of a violation of immigration or customs laws.”

Read more: https://fee.org/articles/you-have-a-right-to-your-data-at-the-border/

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