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Supreme Court’s travel ban decision sends a clear message to lower federal court judges
In the age of judicial activism, making policy has become very tempting for certain judges. When a single district judge has the ability to
Op-ed published in Fox News


Gorsuch's dissent in Carpenter has implications for the future of privacy
In a decision lauded by privacy advocates, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 on Friday that the historical cell phone location data used to convic
Op-ed published in The Hill


Monday Round-Up
"...On Friday the Supreme Court decided four cases, including a closely watched Fourth Amendment case, Carpenter v. United States, in which the justices held 5-4 that the government ordinarily needs a warrant to access historical cell-site location information. At Good Judgment, Ryan Adler assesses the crowd’s forecast in the case. At NPR, Nina Totenberg reports that “until now, the prevailing legal theory was that if an individual voluntarily shares his information with a th
SCOTUSblog


Supreme Court Ruling in Cell Phone Case is a Victory for Our Privacy Rights
In an opinion by Chief Justice John Roberts, the court acknowledged that Fourth Amendment doctrines must evolve to account for “seismic shif
Op-ed published in Fox News


In Support of Repealing the Ban on Civil Supersonic Flight
Yesterday, the Committee for Justice joined the Niskanen Center, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), Competitive Enterp
Ashley Baker


Sports Tickets, Other Freebies for FBI Leakers Raise ‘Bribery’ Issues, Legal Experts Say
The question arises if and when that affects a news organization with an interest in information held by a government employee who is taking
The Daily Signal


No, Facebook is Not a Monopoly
Facebook is just like the pre-1984 AT&T monopoly, says the New York Times in a June 5 editorial. Thus it might be time for the governmen
CFJ Staff


The Internet and the First Amendment Make a Great Team: CFJ joins AFP, ATR in filing comments on Int
Similar to how the Gutenberg press transformed how knowledge was disseminated in the Middle Ages, so has the Internet allowed for an endless
CFJ Staff


Religious liberty gets boost from Gorsuch in Masterpiece Cakeshop
While many focused on Justice Kennedy’s opinion, some found deep hope for the future of religious liberty in the words of Justice Neil Gorsu
J. Grace Shannon
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