Fusion Centers: A Dangerous Surveillance Partnership
A damning report on theย Maine Information Analysis Center (MIAC) or Fusion Center, reveals just how intertwined corporate and government surveillance of the public has become. Fusion centers are notoriously secretive about public surveillance and what little we know...
Yet Another Federal Court Fail
Conservatives and libertarians often count on the federal courts to โprotect their rights.โ This is a bad strategy. Most of the time it fails. Instead of protecting rights, federal courts hand down bad precedents that end up applying to the entire United States. Yet...
Restoring the Fourth Amendmentโs Oath or Affirmation Clause
The Fourth Amendmentโs requirements for obtaining a warrant have been subverted in practice and in legal theory. Thatโs the argument made in ย โThe Broken Fourth Amendment Oathโ paper written by Law Professor Laurent Sacharoff. The paper focuses on the need for...