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Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
ACLU’s Vanita Gupta to head DOJ’s Civil Rights Division
President Obama plans to nominate the ACLU's deputy legal director, Vanita Gupta, to head the DOJ's Civil Rights Division, WaPo's Sari Horwitz reports. Gupta has a strong record of civil rights…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
“I don’t trust this administration. We will benefit by pulling up all the carpet to see what is under it.”
...said Marvin L. Cheatham, Sr., former president of the NAACP's Baltimore branch. Cheatham and other civic leaders have called on the DOJ to conduct a full federal civil rights investigation into…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
18+ States Rely on “Stingrays” (Fake Cell Towers) for Surveillance – Is this an Invasion of Privacy?
By Peter Vogel
Privacy issues have been highlighted by a recent Newsweek report that “mysterious devices sprinkled across America—many of them on military bases—that connect to your phone by mimicking cell phone towers…
Bilski Blog
Are the Supreme Court’s exceptions to patentability mandated by the Constitution, or are they just “statutory stare decisis”?
By Robert Sachs
By: Stuart P. Meyer There has been significant commentary, both before and after the Supreme Court’s decision in Alice, that the various judicially created exceptions to patentability under 35 USC…
Media Law Prof Blog
ACLU, Guardian, Oklahoma Observer File Lawsuit To Gain Access To Executions
The ACLU and ACLU of Oklahoma, the Guardian US, and the Oklahoma Observer have filed suit in the Western District of Oklahoma to obtain access to executions on the grounds…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
NJ Supreme Court: Rap Lyrics Not Admissible in Criminal Case
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawIn a closely watched case with First Amendment implications, the New Jersey Supreme Court in State v. Skinner held…
Inside Privacy
New Version of USA Freedom Act Introduced
By David Fagan
Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick J. Leahy introduced a new version of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2014 (the “USA…
Human Rights at Home Blog
Maryland Moves Toward Ending the Practice of Shackling Pregnant Inmates
By mdavis
by Leigh Goodmark and Lisa Piccinini[Editor's Note: In the blog below, Professor Leigh Goodmark and Lisa Piccinini report on their current advocacy work to move Maryland toward greater protection of…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
CRL&P Daily Reads: Mar. 5, 2014
Victim's family plans civil rights suit after county prosecutor says policeman justifiably shot man outside of a carwash. Federal judge won’t block enforcement of Wisconsin’s same-sex marriage ban before trial. NSA director…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Class Action Lawsuit Seeks to Limit Mandatory Detention of Immigrants in California
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus ("Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus") and the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California (ACLU-NC), with co-counsel Keker Van Nest LLP,…