Yet another cybersecurity attack; this time some 57 million riders and 600,000 drivers were impacted by a data breach at Uber as explained here on the company’s blog on November 21, 2017—more than a year after the incident took place. Smaller than the Target and...
While in St. Louis on an assignment for The New York Times a little over two years ago, I visited the nonprofit social services agency Better Family Life to witness an event billed as a novel attempt at preventing gun violence. Better Family Life produces a...
This morning the Supreme Court will hear argument in Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute, in which the justices will consider whether Ohio’s voter-roll-maintenance process violates federal voter-registration laws. Amy Howe had this blog’s preview, which first appeared at Howe on the Court. Larry Blocho...
Adair Turner's account of financial markets is insightful but misunderstands the role of the state in creating financial crises....
A bill introduced Tuesday by California Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher targets a San Diego Police Department policy that lets officers collect DNA from minors without the knowledge or consent of a parent or guardian. The policy, privacy rights advocates argue, doesn’t jibe with state law, which...
Textual originalists can disregard original intent - and that's a good thing....
Royal Caribbean is rescheduling the current cruise of the Grandeur of the Seas, in order to begin repairs to the cruise ship for what the cruise line refers to as a "technical issue which limits the operation of one of the two rudders used to...
The petition of the day is: Davenport v. City of Sandy Springs, Georgia 17-869 Issue: Whether the mootness of claims for prospective relief renders federal courts powerless to decide a claim for nominal damages. The post Petition of the day appeared first on SCOTUSblog....
The Fourth Amendment and vehicle searches dominated oral arguments at the Supreme Court today. First up was Byrd v. United States, in which the justices are considering whether the driver of a rental car who was not included as an authorized driver on the rental...
On Monday, the Supreme Court heard two back-to-back original jurisdiction water cases. As explained in more detail in my argument preview, the issues in Florida v. Georgia center around several key themes: whether a consumptive cap on Georgia’s water use would result in more water...