Posts Tagged ‘Fifth Amendment’
California Judge Makes Major Decision in Biometric Privacy Rights
A California judge ruled that the government can not force any person involved in an investigation to use biometric means, such as a fingerprint, thumbprint, face or iris scan, to unlock a phone or other device. This decision is potentially major, and could affect personal privacy rights everywhere in the future. US Magistrate Judge Kandis…
Read MoreNew York Seeks Power to Prosecute Individuals Pardoned by the President
New York lawmakers proposed a bill that allows prosecutors to bring state charges against people pardoned by the president. State Senator Todd Kaminsky and Assemblyman Joseph Lentol, both Democrats, introduced the legislation after Attorney General Eric Schneiderman requested a change to an existing law that precludes people from being charged a second time for the…
Read MoreMagistrate’s Ruling Eases Burden for Officials Seeking Forced Disclosure of Encryption Passwords
One of the more interesting legal questions raised by digital technologies is this: Can the government compel a person to divulge the password to an encrypted computer without violating the Constitution’s protection against compelled self-incrimination? The question, which rarely arose a decade ago, is appearing with increasing frequency as full disk encryption becomes the default…
Read MoreService Members Sue Trump Over Ban on Transgender People in the Military
On Wednesday, August 9, 2017, five active-duty service members filed a lawsuit against President Trump regarding his plan to institute a ban on transgender people from serving in the military. In response to his stated intention, five anonymous “Jane Does” filed suit, claiming that the order to implement a ban on service by transgender individuals…
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