A federal judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday struck down the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) housing discrimination rule which was designed to make...
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JURIST Guest Columnist Sandy Davidson, of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and School of Law, discusses the recent revelations of Yahoo and the potential fallout...At least the Yahoo case has now shed a little sunshine on secret government...
Will Supremes Apply Cell Phone Privacy to Metadata Collection?
JURIST Contributing Editor Marjorie Cohn of the Thomas Jefferson School of Law discusses some of the possible implications of the Supreme Court's recent decision on cell phone searches ... In one of the most significant Fourth Amendment rulings ever handed...
Senator Rand Paul's Lawsuit Has a Good Chance of Success on the Merits
Ronald Sievert, University of Texas School of Law
DOJ appeals district court ruling against NSA phone surveillance program
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday filed an appeal to a federal district court ruling that held that the National Security Agency (NSA) program of collecting phone call data is likely unconstitutional...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled Monday that the National Security Agency (NSA) program of collecting phone call data is likely unconstitutional. Judge Richard Leon ruled in...
Federal judge strikes down cap on debit card transaction fees
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday struck down Regulation II (Debit Card Interchange Fees and Routing) of the Federal Reserve , which held that...
Federal judge dismisses American Samoans' birthright citizenship claim
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by five residents of American Samoa who claimed that the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees them US citizenship...